† beˈtorn, ppl. a. Obs.
[f. be- 1 + torn.]
a. Torn. b. Torn about the sides, tattered.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 24045 Al his flexs it was be-torn [v.r. bitorn(e]. 1561 Norton & Sackv. Gorboduc iv. i. 47 Whose hart betorne out of his panting brest. 1599 Parismus ii. (1661) 218 Her ornaments all betorn and tattered. |