Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To give; hand over; deliver up.
  • To intrust; commit; recommend to the care of.
  • To impart or teach.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb transitive, obsolete To show; point out.
  • verb transitive, obsolete To give; hand over; deliver up; yield.
  • verb 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.
  • verb transitive, obsolete To commit or commend (one), by the expression of a wish, to (God, the devil, etc.).
  • verb transitive, obsolete To allot; assign.
  • verb transitive, obsolete To teach; instruct.

Etymologies

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From Middle English betechen, from Old English betǣċan ("to make over, give up to impart, deliver, entrust, commend to, betroth, appoint (for), set apart as, dedicate, show, point out, give orders, pursue, hunt"), corresponding to be- +‎ teach.

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