"tobeat" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /təˈbiːt/ Forms: tobeats [present, singular, third-person], tobeating [participle, present], tobeat [past], tobeaten [participle, past]
Etymology: From Middle English tobeten, from Old English tōbēatan (“to beat severely, beat to death”), equivalent to to- + beat. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|tobeten}} Middle English tobeten, {{inh|en|ang|tōbēatan||to beat severely, beat to death}} Old English tōbēatan (“to beat severely, beat to death”), {{prefix|en|to|beat}} to- + beat Head templates: {{en-verb|tobeats|tobeating|tobeat|tobeaten}} tobeat (third-person singular simple present tobeats, present participle tobeating, simple past tobeat, past participle tobeaten)
  1. (obsolete) To beat excessively. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-tobeat-en-verb-mNtexqnr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with to-

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for tobeat meaning in English (1.6kB)

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