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betone

betone verb: to endow with a tone; give a special tone to; place stress upon; accentuate; emphasise.

Verb

betone (third-person singular simple present betones, present participle betoning, simple past and past participle betoned)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To endow with a tone; give a special tone to; place stress upon; accentuate; emphasise.
    • The position, moreover, of the verb […] shows that it is to be betoned while we read and interpret; […]1866, James Morison, A Critical Exposition of the Third Chapter of St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans

Forms of betone

third-person singular presentbetones
present participlebetoning
past participlebetoned
pastbetoned

Origin of betone

From be- (“at, on, upon”) + tone. Compare German betonen.

Questions about betone

What does betone mean?
Betone means to endow with a tone; give a special tone to; place stress upon; accentuate; emphasise.
What part of speech is betone?
Betone is a verb.
What is the past tense of betone?
The past tense of betone is betoned.

Words near betone in the dictionary

  1. betokeneth
  2. betokening
  3. betokens
  4. betol
  5. betold
  6. betone
  7. betoned
  8. betones
  9. Betong
  10. betongue
  11. betongued

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