v. Obs. For forms see TURN. [ME. f. bi-, BE- + turnen to TURN.] To turn about.

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a. 1225.  Ancr. R., 394. Biturn þe and cum aȝean.

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a. 1300.  Pains of Hell, 119, in O. E. Misc., 226. Seynt Poul þo bitornd his face.

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1594.  Carew, Tasso (1881), 110. To their aduises the disdainefull hart, Of this audacious youth, beturning plies.

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