Obs. [f. BE- 6 + TEAR sb.] trans. To suffuse with tears. Hence Beteared ppl. a.
1580. Sidney, Arcadia, I. 81. When I lift my beteard eyes.
1635. J. Hayward, Banish’d Virg., 44. Staring about them with beteared eyes.
Betear v.2: see the ppl. a. BETORN.
