becut

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becut

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From Middle English bekutten (found in compound for-bekutte (“mutilated”)), equivalent to be- + cut.

verb becuts · becutting · becut

  1. transitive To cut about; cut around; cut up; cut off; sever. And dead and cold, me then againe they martyr-'d, Me all in pieces they becut and quartir'd, […]

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