| 释义 |
beletter, v.|bɪˈlɛtə(r)|
[f. be- prefix 6 + letter.]
†1. trans. To serve with letters, to write to. Obs.
1655Fuller Hist. Camb. (1840) 179 The University-Orator..be-lettered all the lords of the privy-council.
2. nonce-wd. To decorate with letters (such as F.R.S., Ph.D., etc.) appended to one's name.
1883Athenæum 19 May 638/3 The mania prevalent among people of more ambition than performance for belettering themselves. |