See beten in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"(rare) To thresh; to separate grain from the chaff."
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"(figurative) To inflict punishment upon someone."
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[
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},
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[
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[
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{
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},
{
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{
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],
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[
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[
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{
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{
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],
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"expiate"
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[
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[
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[
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"wrong"
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},
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"start",
"start"
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[
"fuel",
"fuel"
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[
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[
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"stoke"
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]
},
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"rouse",
"rouse"
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[
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"stir"
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],
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]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈbɛtən/"
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],
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},
{
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},
{
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},
{
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"present",
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[
"save",
"save"
],
[
"danger",
"danger"
],
[
"death",
"death"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To expiate; to make amends for a sin or wrong."
],
"links": [
[
"expiate",
"expiate"
],
[
"amend",
"amend"
],
[
"sin",
"sin"
],
[
"wrong",
"wrong"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To start or add fuel to a fire; to stoke."
],
"links": [
[
"start",
"start"
],
[
"fuel",
"fuel"
],
[
"fire",
"fire"
],
[
"stoke",
"stoke"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To rouse or stir (a feeling)"
],
"links": [
[
"rouse",
"rouse"
],
[
"stir",
"stir"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) To rouse or stir (a feeling)"
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbeːtən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈbɛtən/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "beete"
},
{
"word": "bete"
},
{
"word": "bett"
},
{
"word": "betten"
},
{
"word": "beytt"
},
{
"word": "betenn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Early-Middle-English"
],
"word": "beote"
}
],
"word": "beten"
}
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