Betwit

/bɪˈtwɪt/ verb

To taunt, reproach, or tease someone; to twit or jeer at someone in a mocking way.

From 'twit' (to taunt, from Old English 'ætwītan,' meaning 'to reproach') with the prefix 'be-' meaning 'to cause' or 'to make.' This is an archaic or dialectal intensified form of 'twit.'

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