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Definition of Bethank
1. to thank [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: thank
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bethank
Literary usage of Bethank
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs edited by Thomas Percy (1900)
"And of that bethank your head steward, And thank your gay ladye." 50 " If this
bo true, my litle foot-page, The heyre of my land ..."
2. The Port Folio by Joseph Dennie, John Elihu Hall (1824)
"But at the time I did na begrudge that liberality on my part, having so footy
and well-going a beast for a bethank, ..."
3. An English Garner: Ingatherings from Our History & Literature by Edward Arber (1895)
"... from time to time, You nourish bees! and to so good an end, That having sucked
your honey, they must climb Into your bosom, to bethank their friend ! ..."
4. English and Scottish Ballads by Francis James Child (1866)
"... ere it be noone All deemed to die are yee: " And of that bethank your head
steward, And thank your gay ladye." " If this be true, my litle foot-page, ..."
5. The United States Democratic Review by Conrad Swackhamer (1843)
"I'll hae a rieht to bethank- fu' ony how !" " Sir," said Mr. Solomon violently, "
the government of woman has never been just, and seldom fortunate. ..."
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