bote
Atonement, compensation, amends, satisfactionAtonement, compensation, amends, satisfaction; as, manbote, a compensation for a man slain.
Meaning
3 senses(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.
Origin
Learned borrowing from Middle English bōte (“advantage, benefit, profit; relief, salvationLearned 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).
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plural: botesSynonyms
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable