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单词 biwit
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biwitv.

Forms: Past tense biwiste, biwuste. Past participle biwist, biwust.
Etymology: Old English bewitan, < bi-, be- prefix + Old English witan to look.Also found with strong inflections, apparently by form-association: see biwitie v., and compare atwite v.1c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 10231 Twa hundred scipene þer weoren wel biwitene.c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 6502 He..spæc wið þæne abbod þe þat munster biwat.
Obsolete.
transitive. To look after, keep, take charge of, guard, protect, keep in safety.
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > care for, protect, or have charge of [verb (transitive)]
hold971
yemeOE
biwitc1000
keepa1325
wait1362
tentc1400
attendc1420
to take guard1426
tend?1521
to have the care of1579
to have, take, give (the) charge of1611
mind1640
to have, take in charge1665
tutor1682
attend1796
shepherda1822
mother1851
c1000 Ælfric St. Oswald in Sweet Reader 97/76 An ðæs cyninges þegna ðe his ælmessan bewiste.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 23 Þu scoldest heo [þi limen] biwiten al swa clenliche swa crist ha þe bitahte.
c1275 Pass. Our Lord 538 in Old Eng. Misc. 52 Hyne biwusten knyhtes voure oþer vyue.
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