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beheart

verb

Etymology

From be- + heart.

  1. inherited from *ḱérd✻ — “heart”
  2. inherited from *hertô✻
  3. inherited from *hertā✻
  4. inherited from heorte
  5. inherited from herte
  6. prefixed as beheart — “be + heart”

Definitions

  1. To enamour

    To enamour; ravish.

    • Thou hast ravished my heart' (or thou hast behearted me, as the Hebrew runs), 'my sister, my spouse ; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes' […]
    • Nay, Christ is so taken with it that his heart is ravished and lost with it; he is behearted with it, […]

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