Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

betime

/bɪˈtaɪm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: be-time
IPA: /bɪˈtaɪm/

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To occur; betide.

Archaic; Intransitive verb

adv

Example Sentences

"Away, away, no time ſhalbe omitted, / That will be time and may by vs be fitted."
"Send succours (lords), and stop the rage betime, Before the wound do grow uncurable; For being green, there is great hope of help.""
"Her feature all as fresh aboue, As is the grasse that grows by Doue, as lyth as lasse of Kent: Her skin as soft as Lemster wooll, As white as snow on peakish hull, or Swanne that swims in Trent. 30 This mayden in a morne betime, Went forth when May was in her prime, to get sweet Cetywall, The hony-suckle, the Harlocke, The Lilly and the Lady-smocke, to decke her summer hall."

Etymology

From Middle English bitimen (“to happen”); equivalent to be- + time (verb). Compare betide.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: be
Root: bitimen

Usage

Inflected Forms

betimes (present, singular) betiming (participle, present) betimed (participle, past) betimed (past)

Derived Forms

betimely betimes

Synonyms

come to pass transpire

Rhymes With

time crime prime safe prime climb lime enzyme dime paradigm rhyme sublime slime

Questions

How do you pronounce betime?: The recorded pronunciation is /bɪˈtaɪm/.
What does betime mean?: To occur; betide.
Where does betime come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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