Betine Definition
verb
(obsolete) To set fire to.
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Origin of Betine
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From Middle English betinen, betynen, bitunen, bituinen, from Old English betȳnan (“to hedge in, enclose, shut, bury; shut out; conclude, end”), from Proto-Germanic *bitūnijaną (“to inclose, hedge about”), equivalent to be- + town. Cognate with Middle Dutch betuinen, Middle High German beziunen.
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From be- + tine, variation of tind (“to set fire to”). More at tind.
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