belirt
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English belirten, bilurten, from Old English belyrtan (“to deceive”), equivalent to be- + lirt. Cognate with Scots belirt (“to jilt, beguile, deceive”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t
Verb[edit]
belirt (third-person singular simple present belirts, present participle belirting, simple past and past participle belirted)
- (transitive, UK dialectal, obsolete) To deceive; beguile.
- (transitive, UK dialectal, obsolete) To cheat; befool.
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