Webster's Dictionary 1828

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BEPOWDER

BEPOW'DER, verb transitive [be and powder.] To powder; to sprinkle or cover with powder.

1109

BEPRAISE

BEPRA'ISE, verb transitive [be and praise.] To praise greatly or extravagantly.

1110

BEPURPLE

BEPUR'PLE, verb transitive [be and purple.] To tinge or dye with a purple color.

1111

BEQUEATH

BEQUE'ATH, verb transitive [Eng.quoth.] To give or leave by will; to devise some species of property by testament; as, to bequeath an estate or a legacy.

1112

BEQUEATHED

BEQUE'ATHED, participle passive Given or left by will.

1113

BEQUEATHING

BEQUE'ATHING, participle present tense Giving or devising by testament.

1114

BEQUEATHMENT

BEQUE'ATHMENT, noun The act of bequeathing; a bequest.

1115

BEQUEST

BEQUEST', noun Something left by will; a legacy.

1116

BERAIN

BERA'IN, verb transitive To rain upon. [Not in use.]

1117

BERATE

BERA'TE, verb transitive [be and rate.] To chide vehemently; to scold.

1118

BERATTLE

BERAT'TLE, verb transitive [be and rattle.] To fill with rattling sounds or noise.

1119

BERAY

BERA'Y, verb transitive To make foul; to soil. [Not in use.]

1120

BERBERRY

BER'BERRY, noun [Latin berberis.] [See Barberry.]

1121

BERE

BERE, noun The name of a species of barley in Scotland.

1122

BEREAVE

BERE'AVE, verb transitivepreterit tense bereaved, bereft:participle passive bereaved, bereft.1. To deprive; to strip; to make destitute; with of before the thing taken away.Me h...

1123

BEREAVED

BERE'AVED, participle passive Deprived; stripped and left destitute.

1124

BEREAVEMENT

BERE'AVEMENT, noun Deprivation, particularly by the loss of a friend by death.

1125

BEREAVING

BERE'AVING, participle present tense Stripping bare; depriving.

1126

BEREFT

BEREFT', participle passive of bereave. Deprived; made destitute.

1127

BERENGARIANISM

BERENGA'RIANISM, noun The opinions or doctrines of Berengarius, archdeacon of St.Mary at Anjou, and of his followers, who deny the reality of the body and blood of Christ in the...

1128

BERG

BERG, noun A borough; a town that sends burgesses to Parliament; a castle. [See Burg.]

1129

BERGAMOT

BERG'AMOT, noun1. A species of pear.2. A species of citron, at first casually produced by an Italian, who grafted a citron on the stock of a bergamot pear tree. The fruit has a ...

1130

BERGANDER

BERG'ANDER, noun [berg, a cliff] A burrow duck; a duck that breeds in holes under cliffs.

1131

BERGERET

BER'GERET, noun A song. [Not used.]

1132

BERGMANITE

BERG'MANITE, noun [from Bergman, the mineralogist.]A mineral classed with scapolite, in the family of felspath. It occurs massive, with gray and red quartz in Norway. Its colors...

1133

BERGMASTER

BERG'MASTER, noun The bailiff or chief officer among the Derbyshire miners.

1134

BERGMOTE

BERG'MOTE, noun A court held on a hill in Derbyshire, in England, for deciding controversies between the miners.