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betouch

betouch verb: to touch about or all over; contact; concern; regard; handle.

Verb

betouch (third-person singular simple present betouches, present participle betouching, simple past and past participle betouched)

  1. (transitive) To touch about or all over; contact; concern; regard; handle.
    • Betouching the matter contained in your Lordship's letter, albeit I know mine own insufficiency …1832, The progresses and public processions of Queen Elizabeth
    • In time's long picture gallery, Whatever's excellent indeed Will some one ever stop to see, Betouch its faded tints, [...]1838, James Freeman Clarke, William Henry Channing, James Handasyd Perkins, The Western messenger

Forms of betouch

third-person singular presentbetouches
present participlebetouching
past participlebetouched
pastbetouched

Origin of betouch

From be- + touch.

Words formed from betouch

  • betouch-us

Questions about betouch

What does betouch mean?
Betouch means to touch about or all over; contact; concern; regard; handle.
What part of speech is betouch?
Betouch is a verb.
What is the past tense of betouch?
The past tense of betouch is betouched.

Words near betouch in the dictionary

  1. betorn
  2. betoss
  3. betossed
  4. betosses
  5. betossing
  6. betouch
  7. betouched
  8. betouches
  9. betouching
  10. betow
  11. betoweled

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