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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Boot \Boot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Booted; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Booting.]
     1. To profit; to advantage; to avail; -- generally followed
        by it; as, what boots it?
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              What booteth it to others that we wish them well,
              and do nothing for them?              --Hooker.
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              What subdued
              To change like this a mind so far imbued
              With scorn of man, it little boots to know. --Byron.
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              What boots to us your victories?      --Southey.
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     2. To enrich; to benefit; to give in addition. [Obs.]
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              And I will boot thee with what gift beside
              Thy modesty can beg.                  --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Boot \Boot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Booted; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Booting.]
     1. To put boots on, esp. for riding.
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              Coated and booted for it.             --B. Jonson.
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     2. To punish by kicking with a booted foot. [U. S.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Booting \Boot"ing\, n.
     Advantage; gain; gain by plunder; booty. [Obs.] --Sir. J.
     Harrington.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Booting \Boot"ing\, n.
     1. A kind of torture. See Boot, n., 2.
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     2. A kicking, as with a booted foot. [U. S.]
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Boot \Boot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Booted; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Booting.]
     1. To profit; to advantage; to avail; -- generally followed
        by it; as, what boots it?
  
              What booteth it to others that we wish them well,
              and do nothing for them?              --Hooker.
  
              What subdued To change like this a mind so far
              imbued With scorn of man, it little boots to know.
                                                    --Byron.
  
              What boots to us your victories?      --Southey.
  
     2. To enrich; to benefit; to give in addition. [Obs.]
  
              And I will boot thee with what gift beside Thy
              modesty can beg.                      --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Boot \Boot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Booted; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Booting.]
     1. To put boots on, esp. for riding.
  
              Coated and booted for it.             --B. Jonson.
  
     2. To punish by kicking with a booted foot. [U. S.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Booting \Boot"ing\, n.
     Advantage; gain; gain by plunder; booty. [Obs.] --Sir. J.
     Harrington.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Booting \Boot"ing\, n.
     1. A kind of torture. See Boot, n., 2.
  
     2. A kicking, as with a booted foot. [U. S.]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  booting
     n.
     1 A kicking, as with a booted foot.
     2 (lb en computing) The act by which a computer is booted.
     vb.
     (present participle of en boot nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  booting
     n.
     1 A kicking, as with a booted foot.
     2 (lb en computing) The act by which a computer is booted.
     vb.
     (present participle of en boot nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  booting
     n.
     1 A kicking, as with a booted foot.
     2 (lb en computing) The act by which a computer is booted.
     vb.
     (present participle of en boot nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  booting
     n.
     1 A kicking, as with a booted foot.
     2 (lb en computing) The act by which a computer is booted.
     vb.
     (present participle of en boot nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  booting
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm b oot ing)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  booting
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en boot ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb boot)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Booting /bˈuːtɪŋ/
  الرّكل

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  booting /bˈuːtɪŋ/
  startování počítače

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  booting /bˈuːtɪŋ/
  Startvorgang , Hochstarten , Hochfahren  [comp.]
     Synonyms: startup procedure, startup process, boot process, boot-up process, bootstrap process
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  booting /bˈuːtɪŋ/
  startend, bootend
     Synonym: booting up
  
   see: boot, boot up, booted, booted up
  

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈbutɪŋ/

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

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