▪ I. † beˈtear, v.1 Obs.
[f. be- 6 + tear n.]
trans. To suffuse with tears. Hence beˈteared ppl. a.
| 1580 Sidney Arcadia i. 81 When I lift my beteard eyes. 1635 J. Hayward Banish'd Virg. 44 Staring about them with beteared eyes. |
▪ II. betear, v.2
see the ppl. a. betorn.