Definition of "bete" [bete]

• To better; to mend. See beete. (verb-transitive)

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• "Indeed, in the late Bush era, Hill became a kind of bete noire for Cheney."
• "Squaring up yet again, Ian Shuttleworth of the Financial Times and his bete noir, Tim Walker of the Sunday Telegraph."
• "Wooller was our bete noire; the first time I ever heard boos on a sports field was one afternoon at Cheltenham when he came out to bat."