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t. [Eng. prefix be, and to .] Το agitate; to put into violent motion. To to ( lit. or fig.). "What said my man, when my beto ed soul Did not attend him as we rode?" Shakesp.: Romeo and Juliet , v. 3. bě-to 'ed, pa. par . & a. [BETOSS, v.t. ] bě-tos'-sing, pr . par . [BETo , v.t. ] *betowre, *bitowre, *bittore, * bitture, 8. [BITTERN.] "Bustard, betowre , and shovelere." Babees Book (ed. Furnivall), p. 153. *be-traişed, pa . par . [BETRAYED.] ( Chaucer .) bě-trăp', v.t. [Eng. prefix be , and trap . In A.S. betræppan .] To entrap, to trip, to en snare. "And othir mo, that coudin full wel preche, Be trapped were, for aught that they could rec he." Occleve: Letter of Cupide, ver. 252. * be-trashed, pa. par. [BETRAYED.] "And he thereof was all abashed His owne shadow had him be trashed ." Rom . of the Rose. bě-trā'y, * bi-trai-en, * bi-trai-in, * betray-yn, * bi-traie ( Eng .), * bě-trêy'ě , bě-trä'se (0. Scotch ), v.t. & i. [From Eng. prefix be , and O. Eng. traie = to betray. In Fr. trahir; O. Fr. traïr, trahir ; Prov. trayr, trair, trahir , tradar , trachar; Port. trahir; Ital. tradire; Lat. trado to deliver, to betray; trans = over, beyond; and do = to give.] A. Transitive: I. To give up. 1. To deliver up a person or thing unfaithfully or treacherously. (Used of the surrender of a person to his enemies, or an army, or a military post to the foe.) the Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men."- Matt. xvii. 22. 2. To injure by revealing a secret entrusted to one in confidence; or make known faults which one was bound in honour to conceal. (1) Lit : In the foregoing sense. "Jones, who was perfectly willing to serve or to betray any government for hire."-Macaulay: Hist. Eng . , ch. xvi. (2) Fig . ( of things): To reveal, to make known. Spec ., to reveal or make known anything not intended to be communicated. "And seemed impatient and afraid That our tardy flight should be betrayed By the sound our horses' hoof-beats made." Long fellow: The Golden Legend, iv. II. To act treacherously, even when there is no giving up of any person or thing. 1. Gen.: To violate the trust reposed in one. 2. Spec.: Τo violate a promise made in courting a female, especially to seduce her under promise of marriage, and then abandon her to her fate, IMG:content-1283.jpg:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1284.png:[graphic] tion. B. Intransitive (formed by the omi ion of the objective: To act treacherously; to disappoint expectation. "Who tells whate'er you think. whate'er you say, And if he lie not, must at least betray ." Pope: Prologue to Satires , 298.