Webster's Dictionary 1828

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BECALM

BECALM, verb transitive becam. [be calm. See Calm.]1. To still; to make quiet; to appease; to stop, or repress motion in a body; used of the elements and of the passions; as, to...

704

BECALMED

BECALMED, participle passive becamed. Quieted; appeased.1.adjective Hindered from motion or progress by a calm; as a ship becalmed

705

BECALMING

BECALMING, participle present tense becaming. Appeasing; keeping from motion or progress.BECALMING, noun becaming. A calm at sea.

706

BECAME

BECA'ME, preterit tense of become [See Become.]

707

BECAUSE

BECAUSE, becauz' a compound word. [See By and Cause.]By cause, or by the cause; on this account; for the cause which is explained in the next proposition; for the reason next ex...

708

BECHANCE

BECH'ANCE, verb intransitive [be, by, and chance.] To befall; to happen to.

709

BECHARM

BECH'ARM, verb transitive [be and charm.] To charm; to captivate.

710

BECHIC

BE'CHIC, noun [Gr.a cough.] A medicine for relieving coughs, synonymous with pectoral, which is now the term mostly used.

711

BECK

BECK, noun A small brook. Gray. Heb. a brook or rivulet; in the sense of flowing, as tears, weeping. Genesis 32:22. It is obsolete in English, but is found in the names of towns...

712

BECKED

BECK'ED, participle passive Called or notified by a nod.

713

BECKET

BECK'ET, noun A thing used in ships to confine loose ropes, tackles or spars; as a large hook, a rope, with an eye at one end, or a wooden bracket.

714

BECKING

BECK'ING, participle present tense Nodding significantly; directing by a nod.

715

BECKON

BECK'ON, verb transitive bek'n. [See Beck.]To make a sign to another, by nodding, winking, or a motion of the hand or finger, etc., intended as a hint or intimation. Acts 19:33....

716

BECKONED

BECK'ONED, participle passive Having a sign made to.

717

BECKONING

BECK'ONING, participle present tense Making a significant sign, as a hint.

718

BECLIP

BECLIP', verb transitive To embrace. [Not in use.]

719

BECLOUD

BECLOUD', verb transitive [See Cloud.] To cloud; to obscure; to dim.

720

BECOME

BECOME, verb intransitive becum'. preterit tense became, participle passivebecome1. To pass from one state to another; to enter into some state or condition, by a change from an...

721

BECOMING

BECOM'ING, ppr., but used rarely or never except as an adjective. Fit; suitable; congruous; proper; graceful; belonging to the character, or adapted to circumstances; as, he spe...

722

BECOMINGLY

BECOM'INGLY, adverb After a becoming or proper manner.

723

BECOMINGNESS

BECOM'INGNESS, noun Fitness, congruity; propriety; decency; gracefulness arising from fitness.

724

BECRIPPLE

BECRIP'PLE, verb transitive [See Cripple.] To make lame; to cripple [Little used.]

725

BECURL

BECURL', verb transitive To curl. [Not used.]

726

BED

BED, noun [The sense is a lay or spread, from laying or setting.]1. A place or an article of furniture to sleep and take rest on; in modern times, and among civilized men, a sac...

727

BED-CLOTHES

BED'-CLOTHES, nounplural [bed and clothes.]Blankets, or coverlets, etc., for beds.

728

BED-HANGINGS

BED-HANGINGS, noun Curtains.

729

BEDABBLE

BEDAB'BLE, verb transitive [be and dabble.] To wet; to sprinkleBedabbled with the dew.