Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Beete \Beete\, Bete \Bete\ (b[=e]t), v. t. [AS. b[=e]tan to
   mend. See {Better}.]
   1. To mend; to repair. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

   2. To renew or enkindle (a fire). [Obs.] --Chaucer.