bote en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /bəʊt/ (UK)
- /boʊt/ (US)
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Etymology
Learned borrowing from Middle English bōte (“advantage, benefit, profit; relief, salvation; atonement, amends, expiation; cure”), from Old English bōt (“help, relief, advantage, remedy; compensation for an injury or wrong; (peace) offering, recompense, amends, atonement, reformation, penance, repentance”), from Proto-West Germanic *bōtu, from Proto-Germanic *bōtō (“recompense”). Doublet of boot (inherited from the same Middle English word).
Meanings
- (countable, historical, uncountable) Atonement, compensation, amends, satisfaction; as, manbote, a compensation for a man slain.
- (countable, historical, uncountable) A privilege or allowance of necessaries, especially in feudal times.
- (countable, historical, uncountable) A right to take wood from property not one's own.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bot | alternative | lexicographic | |
| botes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
cartbote · haybote · firebote · housebote · theftbote · hedgebote · wainbote · boteless · frithbote · ploughbote · maegbote · plowbote · burghbote · manbote
Synonyms
restitution · reparation · acquittal · estovers · assyth · remuneration · requital · redress · indemnification · requite · mends · remuneration · bote · compensation · amends · indemnity · quittal · relief · satisfaction · recompense · recompensation · restitution · recompense