| 释义 |
† boten, botne, v. Obs.
Also 5 booten, -ne.
[ME. botn-en: inceptive vb. f. bót, boot n.1: of earlier rise than the verb boot1. In form intr. but also taken as trans. = beet v.1, boot v.1]
1. intr. To become better; to amend or recover health, be healed.
a1225St. Marher. 22 Ant comen dumbe ant deaue to hire bodi as hit lei, ant botneden alle. c1325Chron. Eng. 768 Ase me him in towmbe dude, A wodmon botnede y the stude.
2. trans. To make better in health; to heal, cure.
a1225Leg. Kath. 2523 Þat healeð alle uueles & botneð men of euch bale. c1350Will. Palerne 1055 Þei were botned of here bales strong. 1362Langl. P. Pl. A. vii. 179 Blynde and Bedraden weore Botned [v.r. botind; B. vi. 194 bootned, C. ix. 188 botnede] a þousent. |