tobeat

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English tobeten, from Old English tōbēatan (“to beat severely, beat to death”), equivalent to to- +‎ beat. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /təˈbiːt/ === Verb === tobeat (third-person singular simple present tobeats, present participle tobeating, simple past tobeat, past participle tobeaten) (obsolete) To beat excessively. === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “tobeat”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === beat to