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Webster 1913 Edition

Bet

Bet

,
Noun.
[Prob. from OE.
abet
abetting, OF.
abet
, fr.
abeter
to excite, incite. See
Abet
.]
That which is laid, staked, or pledged, as between two parties, upon the event of a contest or any contingent issue; the act of giving such a pledge; a wager.
“Having made his bets.”
Goldsmith.

Bet

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Bet
,
Betted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Betting
.]
To stake or pledge upon the event of a contingent issue; to wager.
John a Gaunt loved him well, and
betted
much money on his head.
Shakespeare
I’ll
bet
you two to one I'll make him do it.
O. W. Holmes.

Bet

,
imp.
&
p.
p.
of
Beat
.
[Obs.]

Bet

,
Adj.
&
adv.
An early form of
Better
.
[Obs.]
To go bet
,
to go fast; to hurry.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Webster 1828 Edition

Bet

BET

,
Noun.
A wager; that which is laid, staked or pledges in a contest, to be won, either by the victorious party himself, or by another person, in consequence of his victory. At a race, a man lays a bet on his own horse, or on the horse of another man.

BET

,
Verb.
T.
To lay a bet; to lay a wager; to stake or pledge something upon the event of a context.

BET

, the old participle of beat, is obsolete or vulgar.

Definition 2024

bèt

bèt

See also: bet, BET, Bet, and bet.

Haitian Creole

Noun

bèt

  1. beast
  2. animal

Synonyms

Etymology

From French bête ‎(“beast, animal”). 

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