▪ I. belitter, v.1
(bɪˈlɪtə(r))
[f. be- 6 + litter1.]
† 1. trans. To strew with litter (for the floor). Obs.
| 1660 Fuller Mixt Contemp. (1841) 255 Contented with a house belittered with straw. |
2. To bestrew with rubbish or things in disorder.
| 1678 Quack's Acad. in Harl. Misc. II. 33 (D.) A chamber..belittered with urinals or empty gally-pots. |
▪ II. † beˈlitter, v.2 Obs. rare.
[f. be- + litter2.]
To bring forth a litter, to have young; to litter.
| c 1325 Gloss in Rel. Ant. II. 78 Be-litter, enfaunter. |