Monday, March 13, 2023

beteach

 

    beteach (third-person singular simple present beteaches, present participle beteaching, simple past and past participle betaught)

    1. (transitive, obsolete) To show; point out.
    2. (transitive, obsolete) To give; hand over; deliver up; yield.
    3. (transitive, obsolete) To hand over as a trust; intrust; commend, commit (someone), usually as a wish expressed on departing; recommend to the care of; give charge to.

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To commit or commend (one), by the expression of a wish, to (God, the devil, etc.).
    to beteach one good day
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To allot; assign.
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To teach; instruct.

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talk nineteen to the dozen

  to speak rapidly and without stopping