bote
/bəʊt/US/boʊt/
bote noun: atonement, compensation, amends, satisfaction; as, manbote, a compensation for a man slain.
Noun
bote (countable and uncountable, plural botes)
- Atonement, compensation, amends, satisfaction; as, manbote, a compensation for a man slain.
- Synonyms:
- recompense, remuneration, restitution, amends, acquittal, assyth, compensation, indemnification, indemnity, mends
- A privilege or allowance of necessaries, especially in feudal times.
- A right to take wood from property not one's own.
Synonyms of bote
- recompense
- remuneration
- restitution
- amends
- acquittal
- compensation
- indemnification
- indemnity
- mends
- recompensation
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Forms of bote
| plural | botes |
|---|---|
| alternative form | bot |
Origin of bote
Learned borrowing from Middle English bōte (“advantage, benefit, profit; relief, salvation; atonement, amends, expiation; cure”), from Old English bōt (“help, relief, advantage, remedy; compensation for an injury or wrong; (peace) offering, recompense, amends, atonement, reformation, penance, repentance”), from Proto-West Germanic *bōtu, from Proto-Germanic *bōtō (“recompense”). Doublet of boot (inherited from the same Middle English word).
Words formed from bote
Words that rhyme with bote
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- oat
- quote
- connote
- groat
- remote
- scrote
- tote
- capote
- denote
- devote
- dote
- mote
- smote
- solar boat
- undercoat
- cote
- demote
- gloat
- pote
- refloat
- rote
- undernote
- wrote
- yote
- blót
- confidence vote
- disease boat
- end of quote
- end quote
- entrecôte
- flote
- frote
- ignote
- isot
- lote
- loth
- misquote
- moth
- phot
- recoat
- rewrote
- shoat
- stoat
- swagger coat
- troat
- two hundred fifty-sixth note
- underquote
- underwrote
Questions about bote
- What does bote mean?
- Bote means atonement, compensation, amends, satisfaction; as, manbote, a compensation for a man slain.
- What part of speech is bote?
- Bote is a noun.
- How do you pronounce bote?
- Bote is pronounced /bəʊt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of bote?
- The plural of bote is botes.
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