Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To hate; detest.
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- verb transitive, obsolete To
hate ;detest .
Etymologies
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From Middle English behaten, equivalent to be- + hate.
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Examples
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Why, do aot I behate tiiyself lietweeji ou ail as I ougplit lo do?
Cobbett's Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and Other Crimes ... 1812
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