+bethrall

t. [Eng. prefix be, and thrall.] To enthrall, to enslave, to bring into subjec tion. Now enthrall has taken its place. "For she it is that did my lord bethrall , My dearest lord, and deepe in dongeon lay," Spenser: F. Q., 1. viii. 28. † bě-thralled', pa . par . & a. [BETHRALL.] *bě-throw', v.t. [Eng. prefix be , and throw .] To twist, to torture. (N.E.D.) "I am be knowe That I with loue am so be throwe , And all my herte is so through sonke That i am veriliche dronke." Gower: Conf. Am., bk. v