tobeat
English
Etymology
From Middle English tobeten, from Old English tōbēatan (“to beat severely, beat to death”), equivalent to to- + beat.
Verb
tobeat (third-person singular simple present tobeats, present participle tobeating, simple past tobeat, past participle tobeaten)
- (obsolete) To beat excessively.
References
- tobeat in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
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