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tobeat

/təˈbiːt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
to-beat
IPA
/təˈbiːt/
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To beat excessively.

Obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English tobeten, from Old English tōbēatan (“to beat severely, beat to death”), equivalent to to- + beat.

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Usage

Inflected Forms

tobeats (present, singular) tobeating (participle, present) tobeaten (participle, past)

Questions

How do you pronounce tobeat?
The recorded pronunciation is /təˈbiːt/.
What does tobeat mean?
To beat excessively.
Where does tobeat come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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