v. [f. BE- pref. 6 + LETTER.]

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  † 1.  trans. To serve with letters, to write to. Obs.

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1655.  Fuller, Hist. Camb. (1840), 179. The University-Orator … be-lettered all the lords of the privy-council.

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  2.  nonce-wd. To decorate with letters (such as F.R.S., Ph.D., etc.) appended to one’s name.

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1883.  Athenæum, 19 May, 638/3. The mania prevalent among people of more ambition than performance for belettering themselves.

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