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betrim

verb
/bɪˈtɹɪm/UK/bəˈtɹɪm/US

Etymology

From be- (prefix meaning ‘about; around’) + trim.

  1. derived from *trumaz✻ — “firm; strong; sound”
  2. inherited from *trumjaną✻ — “to make fast; strengthen”
  3. inherited from *trummjan✻
  4. inherited from trymman — “to make firm; strengthen”
  5. inherited from trimen
  6. prefixed as betrim — “be + trim”

Definitions

  1. To trim (“decorate”)

    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; […]
    • [S]ome folke perhaps according to the forme by your ſelves preſcribed, doe ſometimes betrim you with ſuch ſtrange Titles, but are you ſo ſimple as to conceit that wiſe men do fancy them to belong unto you?
    • But when in honour'd Robes I ſee it put, / Betrim'd as if ſome thing of Worth it were, / Look big, and on the Stilts of Greatneſs ſtrut; / From ſcorning it I cannot then forbear.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA