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PRONUNCIATION:  bt
INTRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: boot·ed, boot·ing, boots
To be of help or advantage; avail.
NOUN:1. Chiefly Southern & Midland U.S. See lagniappe. 2. Archaic Advantage; avail.
IDIOM:to boot In addition; besides: Not only was the new cruise ship the biggest in the world, but the fastest to boot.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English boten, to be of help, from Old English btian, from bt, help. See bhad- in Appendix I.
 
 
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