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betrims

betrims is the third-person singular simple present indicative of betrim.

Meaning of betrim

Verb

betrim (third-person singular simple present betrims, present participle betrimming, simple past and past participle betrimmed)

  1. (dated, transitive) To trim (“decorate”); to adorn, deck, or embellish.
    • Thy bankes with pioned, and twilled brims / Which ſpungie Aprill, at thy heſt betrims; / To make cold Nymphes chaſt crownes; […]1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...

Questions about betrims

What is betrims the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Betrims is the third-person singular simple present indicative of betrim.

Words near betrims in the dictionary

  1. betrick
  2. betrim
  3. betrimmed
  4. betrimming
  5. betrimmings
  6. betrims
  7. betrixaban
  8. Betrock
  9. Betrocks
  10. betrod
  11. betrodden

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Adapted from Wiktionary: betrims (page history and authors); betrim (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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