v. [f. BE- 1 + TOSS v.] trans. To toss about. Hence Betossed ppl. a.

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1582.  T. Watson, Hekatompath., lxxxv. (Arb.), 121. With grieusome wars, with toyles, with storms betost.

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1592.  Shaks., Rom. & Jul., V. iii. 76. My betossed soule.

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1630.  J. Taylor (Water P.), Wks., II. 256/2. Man doth man within the Law betosse.

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1845.  [Emma Robinson], Whitehall, III. xii. 121. Let such of you speak as have resolved minds; for my part, I am betossed on a sea of perplexities.

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