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betouch

verb

Etymology

From be- + touch.

  1. derived from *dewk-✻ — “to draw, pull, lead”
  2. derived from *tukkōną✻ — “to tug, grab, grasp”
  3. derived from *tukkōn✻ — “to knock, strike, touch”
  4. derived from *tuccō✻ — “to knock, strike, offend”
  5. derived from tochier — “to touch”
  6. inherited from touchen
  7. prefixed as betouch — “be + touch”

Definitions

  1. To touch about or all over

    To touch about or all over; contact; concern; regard; handle.

    • Betouching the matter contained in your Lordship's letter, albeit I know mine own insufficiency …
    • In time's long picture gallery, Whatever's excellent indeed Will some one ever stop to see, Betouch its faded tints, [...]
    • Betouch us too ! The wicked woman deserves to die — but her death — how horrible !

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