ppl. a. Obs. [f. BE- 1 + TORN.] a. Torn. b. Torn about the sides, tattered.

1

a. 1300.  Cursor M., 24045. Al his flexs it was be-torn [v.r. bitorn(e].

2

1561.  Norton & Sackv., Gorboduc, IV. i. 47. Whose hart betorne out of his panting brest.

3

1599.  Parismus, II. (1661), 218. Her ornaments all betorn and tattered.

4