betutor

t. [Eng. prefix be, and tutor.] To tutor thoroughly; to act the tutor to, to instruct. ( Cole ridge.) bě-tu-tõred, pa. par. & a. [BETUTOR.] bě-tu-tor-ing, pr. par. [BETUTOR.] † bě-twat-tled (tled = teld), a . [Eng. pref. be, and twattle = to prate, to chatter.] Confounded, overpowered, stupefied. Still used in the north of England. (Todd.) IMG:content-1286.png:[blocks in formation] C. As substantive: Needle Manuf., pl. (Betweens): Needles intermediate between sharps and blunts. (Knight.) between-decks, twixt-decks, s. Naut. The space between any two decks of a ve el, • between-put, * bitwene-putte, v.t. To insert or place between. "Y soughte of hem a man that shulde bitwene - putte an hegge, and stoude sette enen agens me fro the loond."- Wycliffe ( Ezech . xxii. 30). bě-twixt', * be-twix, be-twixe, * betwix-en, bi-twixe, bi-tuex ( Eng .), * be-tweesh (0. Scotch ), prep. & adv . [From Eng. prefix be , and twixt . In A.S. betwyxt , betwyx, betwurt, betwur , betweox , betweohs , betweoh, betwyh , betwih, betwy = betwixt; from prefix be , and twy = two.] A. As preposition : 1. Lit. In the space intermediate between two persons, places, or things. xxxix. 4. by the gate betwixt the two walls."-Jer. 2. Intermediate between two times, quantities, qualities, or degrees. 3. More fig . In relation of intercourse or partnership with; in distinction from; from one to another. With the same variations of signification as BETWEEN (q. v.). see, God is witne betwixt me and thee."Gen. xxx i. 50. "Five years since there was some speech of marriage Betwixt myself and her." Shakesp.: Meas for Meas ., v. 1. "...and and command eth it not to shine by the cloud that that cometh betwixt ." Job xxxvi. 32