Home › Words › B › betouchbetouchbetouch · verb — to touch about or all over; contact; concern; regard; handle.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom be- + touch.verbTo touch about or all over; contact; concern; regard; handle.e.g.“Betouching the matter contained in your Lordship's letter, albeit I know mine own insufficiency …” — 1832, The progresses and public processions of Queen ElizabethDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.contact 63% match — The act of touching physically; being in close association. vs betouch →berine 63% match — To touch. vs betouch →attinge 59% match — To touch lightly. vs betouch →abut 59% match — To touch by means of a mutual border, edge or end; to border on; to lie adjacent (to); to be contiguous (said of an area of land) vs betouch →becatch 57% match — To lay hold of; seize upon. vs betouch →pertingent 57% match — Touching; having direct contact with. vs betouch →intouchedness 57% match — The condition of being in touch (with something). vs betouch →besoothe 57% match — To soothe about or all over; comfort. vs betouch →