boot1 (bot)

t. [ ME. beten, mod. E. beet: see beet2.] 1. Το profit; advantage; avail: now only used impersonally: as, it boots us little. What bootes it al to have, and nothing use? Spenser, F. Q., II. vi. 17. For what I have, I need not to repeat; And what I want, it boots not to complain. Shak., Rich. II., iii. 4. 21. To present into the bargain; enrich; benefit. I will boot thee with what gift beside Thy modesty can beg. Shak., A. and C., ii. 5. boot