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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bote

/boʊt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.09 in modern English

Syllables
bote
IPA
/boʊt/
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Atonement, compensation, amends, satisfaction; as, manbote, a compensation for a man slain.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A privilege or allowance of necessaries, especially in feudal times.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A right to take wood from property not one's own.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Middle English bōte (“advantage, benefit, profit; relief, salvation; atonement, amends, expiation; cure”), from Old English bōt (“help, relief, advantage, remedy; compensation for an injury or wrong; (peace) offering, recompense, amends, atonement, reformation, penance, repentance”), from Proto-West Germanic *bōtu, from Proto-Germanic *bōtō (“recompense”). Doublet of boot (inherited from the same Middle English word).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: bōt, *bōtu, *bōtō

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /boʊt/
  • British English: /bəʊt/

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Law.

Inflected Forms

botes (plural) bot (alternative)

Derived Forms

boteless burghbote cartbote firebote frithbote haybote hedgebote housebote maegbote manbote plowbote ploughbote

Synonyms

recompense remuneration restitution amends acquittal assyth bote compensation indemnification indemnity mends quittal

Rhymes With

vote wrote note boat promote confidence vote quote remote coat solar boat throat goat

Questions

How do you pronounce bote?
The recorded pronunciation is /boʊt/.
What does bote mean?
Atonement, compensation, amends, satisfaction; as, manbote, a compensation for a man slain.
Where does bote come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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