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bestowal (n.)[bestowal 词源字典]: 1773, from bestow + -al (2).[bestowal etymology, bestowal origin, 英语词源]
bestrew (v.): Old English bestreowian; see be- + strew (v.).
bestride (v.): Old English bestridan "to bestride, mount," from be- + stridan "to stride" (see stride). Compare Middle Dutch bestryden.
bet: 1590s, as both a verb and noun, in the argot of petty criminals, of unknown origin; probably a shortening of abet or else from obsolete beet "to make good," from Old English bætan "make better, arouse, stimulate," from Proto-Germanic *baitjan, in which case the verb would be the original. The original notion is perhaps "to improve" a contest by wagering on it, or it is from the "bait" sense in abet. Used since 1852 in various American English slang assertions (compare you bet "be assured," 1857). Related: Betting.
beta (n.): second letter of the Greek alphabet, c. 1300, from Greek, from Hebrew/Phoenician beth (see alphabet); used to designate the second of many things. Beta radiation is from 1899 (Rutherford). Beta particle is attested from 1904.
betake (v.): c. 1200, from be- + take. Related: Betook; betaken.
Betamax (n.): 1975, proprietary name (Sony), from Japanese beta-beta "all over" + max, from English maximum.
betcha: representing casual pronunciation of bet you, attested by 1904.
bete noire (n.): "insufferable person," 1844, from French bête noire "personal aversion," as an adjective, "stupid, foolish;" literally "the black beast."
beteach (v.): Old English betæcan, from be- + teach. Related: Betaught; beteaching.
betel (n.): 1550s, probably via Portuguese betel, from Malayalam vettila, from veru ila "simple leaf."
Betelgeuse: bright star in the shoulder of Orion, 1515, from Arabic Ibt al Jauzah "the Armpit of the Central One." Intermediary forms include Bed Elgueze, Beit Algueze.
Bethany: Biblical village, its name in Hebrew or Aramaic is literally "house of poverty," from bet "house of" (construct state of bayit "house") + 'anya "poverty."
bethel (n.): 1610s, "a place where God is worshipped," from Hebrew beth El "house of God," from beth, construct state of bayit "house." Popular as a name for religious meeting houses among some Protestant denominations. Beth also was the name of the second letter of the Hebrew alphabet, so called for its shape, and was borrowed into Greek as beta.
Bethesda: 1857, name of a pool in Jerusalem (John v:2), from Greek Bethesda, from Aramaic beth hesda "house of mercy," or perhaps "place of flowing water." Popular as a name for religious meeting houses among some Protestant denominations.
bethink (v.): reflexive verb, Old English beþencan "to consider," from be- + þencan "to think" (see think). Related: Bethought.
Bethlehem: the name probably means "House of Lahmu and Lahamu," a pair of Mesopotamian agricultural deities.
betide (v.): "to happen, befall," late 12c., from be- + tiden "to happen" (see tide).
betimes (adv.): "at an early period," early 14c., from betime (c. 1300, from be- + time) + adverbial genitive -s.
betoken (v.): late 12c., from be- + Old English tacnian "to signify," from tacn "sign" (see token). Related: Betokened; betokening.