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belast

belast adjective: burdened, charged, bound.

Adjective

belast (comparative more belast, superlative most belast)

  1. (obsolete) burdened, charged, bound.
    • This Indenture, made bitwene Sir James of Ormond knyght, son and heir to the Erl of Ormond, on the one part, and James Skidmore Esquier of the countee of Hereford on the other part, witnesseth that the seid James Skidmore is belast and wᵗholden toward the seid Sir James for an hole yeer to do him...1814, original 1441, Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts, Relating to Antiquity, pages 214–215
    • At every porte it was (forsoth) (a) belast, That I (b) (die groene Hopman) might not go out, […]1907, original 1570, George Gascoigne, John William Cunliffe, Fruites of Warre

Forms of belast

comparativemore belast
superlativemost belast

Origin of belast

From Middle English belast, belest, bilast (“charged with an obligation, bound”), past participle of Middle English belasten, bilasten, from Old English behlæstan (“to load a ship”), equivalent to be- + last. Cognate with Dutch belasten (“to charge, load, burden, tax”), German belasten (“to burden, charge, load, strain”).

Questions about belast

What does belast mean?
Belast means burdened, charged, bound.
What part of speech is belast?
Belast is an adjective.

Words near belast in the dictionary

  1. Belascos
  2. belash
  3. belashed
  4. belashes
  5. belashing
  6. belast
  7. belatacept
  8. belate
  9. belated
  10. belated happy birthday
  11. belatedly

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