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beletter

beletter verb: to add letters (indicating rank or education etc.) to one's name as little more than decoration.

Verb

beletter (third-person singular simple present beletters, present participle belettering, simple past and past participle belettered)

  1. (rare) To add letters (indicating rank or education etc.) to one's name as little more than decoration

Forms of beletter

third-person singular presentbeletters
present participlebelettering
past participlebelettered
pastbelettered

Origin of beletter

From be- + letter.

Questions about beletter

What does beletter mean?
Beletter means to add letters (indicating rank or education etc.) to one's name as little more than decoration.
What part of speech is beletter?
Beletter is a verb.
What is the past tense of beletter?
The past tense of beletter is belettered.

Words near beletter in the dictionary

  1. belepering
  2. belepers
  3. beleric myrobalan
  4. beleric myrobalans
  5. belesh
  6. beletter
  7. belettered
  8. belettering
  9. beletters
  10. beleue
  11. Belew

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