English

Verb

beteach ‎(third-person singular simple present beteaches, present participle beteaching, simple past and past participle betaught)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To show; point out.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To give; hand over; deliver up; yield.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To hand over as a trust; intrust; commend, commit (someone), usually as a wish expressed on departing; recommend to the care of; give charge to.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VI:

     So he toke his horse and betaughte hem all to God [...].

4. (transitive, obsolete) To commit or commend (one), by the expression of a wish, to (God, the devil, etc.).

   to beteach one good day

5. (transitive, obsolete) To allot; assign.
6. (transitive, obsolete) To teach; instruct.