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gainturn

English

Alternative forms

  • ganeturne

Etymology

From Middle English *gaynturn, ?aintorn, ?einturn, equivalent to gain- +? turn.

Noun

gainturn (plural gainturns)

  1. (Britain dialectal, Scotland) A turning back; an evasion.

Related terms

  • gainturning

Anagrams

  • naturing, unrating, untaring

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beturn

English

Etymology

From Middle English biturnen, from Old English *beturnian, betyrnan (“to turn around; bend the knee, prostrate oneself”), equivalent to be- +? turn.

Verb

beturn (third-person singular simple present beturns, present participle beturning, simple past and past participle beturned)

  1. (archaic, transitive, intransitive) To turn round or about.
  2. (archaic, transitive, intransitive, reflexive) To turn around; turn back; return.
    • 1821, The Retrospective review, and historical and antiquarian magazine:
      To their advises the disdaineful hart / Of this audacious youth beturning plies, […]

Anagrams

  • Brunet, Burnet, Butner, brunet, bunter, burnet

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