"betoil" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: betoils [present, singular, third-person], betoiling [participle, present], betoiled [participle, past], betoiled [past]
Etymology: From be- + toil. Compare Middle Low German betēlen (“to till fields, cultivate”). Etymology templates: {{pre|en|be|toil}} be- + toil, {{cog|gml|betēlen|t=to till fields, cultivate}} Middle Low German betēlen (“to till fields, cultivate”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} betoil (third-person singular simple present betoils, present participle betoiling, simple past and past participle betoiled)
  1. (transitive) To worry or exercise with toil. Tags: transitive Derived forms: betoiled
    Sense id: en-betoil-en-verb-YH~toDOs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with be-

Inflected forms

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