böten

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böten

1. first/third-person plural subjunctive II of bieten

From Middle Low German böten, from Old Saxon bōtian, related to Dutch boeten, German büßen.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbœɪ̯tⁿn̩]

böten (third-person singular simple present bött, past tense bött, past participle bött, auxiliary verb hebben)

1. (transitive, obsolete) to pay for
2. (intransitive, religion) to repent, to do penance
3. (transitive) to heat
4. (transitive) to make a fire
5. (transitive, obsolete) to mend, repair
6. (transitive, obsolete) to touch up
7. (transitive, obsolete) to patch
8. (intransitive, obsolete) to heal, cure