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Etymology

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From be- +‎ toil. Compare Middle Low German betēlen (to till fields, cultivate).

Verb

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betoil (third-person singular simple present betoils, present participle betoiling, simple past and past participle betoiled)

  1. (transitive) To worry or exercise with toil.

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