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Webster 1913 Edition


Bote

Bote

,
Noun.
[Old form of
boot
; – used in composition. See 1st
Boot
.]
(Law)
(a)
Compensation; amends; satisfaction; expiation;
as, man
bote
, a compensation or a man slain
.
(b)
Payment of any kind.
Bouvier.
(c)
A privilege or allowance of necessaries.
☞ This word is still used in composition as equivalent to the French estovers, supplies, necessaries; as, housebote, a sufficiency of wood to repair a house, or for fuel, sometimes called firebote; so plowbote, cartbote, wood for making or repairing instruments of husbandry; haybote or hedgebote, wood for hedges, fences, etc. These were privileges enjoyed by tenants under the feudal system.
Burrill.
Bouvier.
Blackstone.

Webster 1828 Edition


Bote

BOTE

,
Noun.
[The old orthography of boot, but retained in law, in composition.
1.
In law, compensation; amends; satisfaction; as manbote, a compensation for a man slain. Also,payment of any kind.
2.
A privilege or allowance of necessaries, used in composition as equivalent to the French estovers, supplies,necessaries; as house-bote, a sufficiency of wood to repair a house or for fuel, sometimes called fire-bote; so plow-bote, cart-bote, wood for making or repairing instruments of husbandry; hay-bote or hedge-bote, wood for hedges or fences, &c. These were privileges enjoyed by tenants under the feudal system.

Definition 2024


Bote

Bote

See also: bote, boté, bóte, böte, and botë

German

Noun

Bote m (genitive Boten, plural Boten)

  1. messenger
  2. postman, letter carrier
  3. (biblical) apostle

Declension

Derived terms

  • Gottesbote

Related terms

bote

bote

See also: Bote, boté, bóte, böte, and botë

English

Alternative forms

Noun

bote (plural botes or boten) (note: boten does not occur after Middle English)

  1. The atonement, compensation, amends, satisfaction, penance, expiation; as, manbote, a compensation for a man slain.
    Iesu [] For synne þat hath my soule bounde, Let þi blessed blood be my bote. Iesu þat art hevene
  2. A payment of any kind.
  3. A privilege or allowance of necessaries, especially in feudal times.
  4. (law, historical) A right to take wood from property not one's own.
  5. (obsolete) repairs
    Þey shulde..do bote to brugges þat to-broke were. Pier's Plowman, 1400
  6. (obsolete) advantage, benefit, profit, cure, remedy
    Heo lufeden bi wurten, bi moren, and bi rote; nas þer nan oðer boten. Layamon's Brut, 1275

Usage notes

  • Often used to form compounds indicating a right to take wood only for a specific purpose.

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  • Middle English Dictionary

Afrikaans

Noun

bote

  1. plural of boot

Old French

Etymology 1

Noun

bote f (oblique plural botes, nominative singular bote, nominative plural botes)

  1. boot (specifically, a high-sided leather shoe that also covers the bottom of the leg)

Descendants

Etymology 2

Latin buttis.

Noun

bote f (oblique plural botes, nominative singular bote, nominative plural botes)

  1. cask; barrel

Etymology 3

See bat.

Noun

bote m (oblique plural botes, nominative singular botes, nominative plural bote)

  1. Alternative form of bat

References

  • (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (bote, supplement)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old French bot, from Middle English boot, from Old English bāt.

Noun

bote m (plural botes)

  1. rowing boat (boat propelled only by oars)
  2. (by extension) any small boat
Synonyms
  • (small boat): barquinho

Etymology 2

From botar (to put; to lay).

Noun

bote m (plural botes)

  1. (biology) an animal’s sudden thrust forward towards its prey
  2. (figuratively) a sudden attack
  3. (Brazil, soccer) a goalkeeper’s jump to catch the ball
Derived terms
  • errar o bote

Verb

bote

  1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of botar
  2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of botar
  3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of botar
  4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of botar

Spanish

Etymology

From Old English bāt

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ote

Noun

bote m (plural botes)

  1. boat
  2. vessel, container

Synonyms

Related terms

Derived terms

  • de bote

Verb

bote

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of botar.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of botar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of botar.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of botar.

Venetian

Noun

bote

  1. plural of bota