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betoil

betoil verb: to worry or exercise with toil.

Verb

betoil (third-person singular simple present betoils, present participle betoiling, simple past and past participle betoiled)

  1. (transitive) To worry or exercise with toil.

Forms of betoil

third-person singular presentbetoils
present participlebetoiling
past participlebetoiled
pastbetoiled

Origin of betoil

From be- + toil. Compare Middle Low German betēlen (“to till fields, cultivate”).

Words formed from betoil

Questions about betoil

What does betoil mean?
Betoil means to worry or exercise with toil.
What part of speech is betoil?
Betoil is a verb.
What is the past tense of betoil?
The past tense of betoil is betoiled.

Words near betoil in the dictionary

  1. Betley
  2. Betleys
  3. Beto
  4. betoga-ed
  5. betogaed
  6. betoil
  7. betoiled
  8. betoiling
  9. betoils
  10. betoken
  11. betokened

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