beturn

English

Etymology

From Middle English biturnen, from Old English *beturnian, betyrnan (“to turn around; bend the knee, prostrate oneself”), equivalent to be- +‎ turn.

Verb

beturn (third-person singular simple present beturns, present participle beturning, simple past and past participle beturned)

  1. (archaic, ambitransitive) To turn round or about.
  2. (archaic, ambitransitive, reflexive) To turn around; turn back; return.
    • 1821, The Retrospective review, and historical and antiquarian magazine:
      To their advises the disdaineful hart / Of this audacious youth beturning plies, […]

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