Definition of beat

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Beat (v. i.) A round or course which is frequently gone over; as, a watchman's beat..

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Beatify :: Beatify (v. t.) To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness..
Pulsative :: Pulsative (a.) Beating; throbbing.
Browbeat :: Browbeat (v. t.) To depress or bear down with haughty, stern looks, or with arrogant speech and dogmatic assertions; to abash or disconcert by impudent or abusive words or looks; to bully; as, to browbeat witnesses..
Strike :: Strike (v. t.) To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes; as, the clock strikes twelve; the drums strike up a march..
Frosting :: Frosting (n.) A composition of sugar and beaten egg, used to cover or ornament cake, pudding, etc..
Drumming :: Drumming (n.) The act of beating upon, or as if upon, a drum; also, the noise which the male of the ruffed grouse makes in spring, by beating his wings upon his sides..
Repercuss :: Repercuss (v. t.) To drive or beat back; hence, to reflect; to reverberate..
Beat :: Beat (v. t.) To give the signal for, by beat of drum; to sound by beat of drum; as, to beat an alarm, a charge, a parley, a retreat; to beat the general, the reveille, the tattoo. See Alarm, Charge, Parley, etc..
Beatific :: Beatific (a.) Alt. of Beatifica.
Rivet :: Rivet (n.) A metallic pin with a head, used for uniting two plates or pieces of material together, by passing it through them and then beating or pressing down the point so that it shall spread out and form a second head; a pin or bolt headed or clinched at both ends..
Beatitude :: Beatitude (n.) Any one of the nine declarations (called the Beatitudes), made in the Sermon on the Mount (Matt. v. 3-12), with regard to the blessedness of those who are distinguished by certain specified virtues..
Sylleptic :: Syllepsis (n.) The agreement of a verb or adjective with one, rather than another, of two nouns, with either of which it might agree in gender, number, etc.; as, rex et regina beati..
Putty :: Putty (n.) A kind of thick paste or cement compounded of whiting, or soft carbonate of lime, and linseed oil, when applied beaten or kneaded to the consistence of dough, -- used in fastening glass in sashes, stopping crevices, and for similar purposes..
Mazurka :: Mazurka (n.) A Polish dance, or the music which accompanies it, usually in 3-4 or 3-8 measure, with a strong accent on the second beat..
Firk :: Firk (v. t.) To beat; to strike; to chastise.
Strap :: Strap (v. t.) To beat or chastise with a strap.
Baste :: Baste (v. t.) To beat with a stick; to cudgel.
Van :: Van (n.) A wing with which the air is beaten.
Thesis :: Thesis (n.) The accented part of the measure, expressed by the downward beat; -- the opposite of arsis..
Beatifical :: Beatifical (a.) Having the power to impart or complete blissful enjoyment; blissful.
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