BESMEARED
BESME'ARED, participle passive Bedaubed; overspread with any thing soft, viscous, or adhesive; soiled.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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BESMEARER
BESME'ARER, noun One that besmears.
BESMEARING
BESME'ARING, participle present tense Bedaubing; soiling.
BESMIRCH
BESMIRCH', verb transitive [be and smirch.] To soil; to foul; to discolor. [Little used.]
BESMOKE
BESMO'KE, verb transitive [be and smoke.] To foul with smoke; to harden or dry in smoke. [Little used.]
BESMOKED
BESMO'KED, participle passive Fouled or soiled with smoke; dried in smoke.
BESMUT
BESMUT', verb transitive [be and smut.] To blacken with smut; to foul with soot.
BESMUTTED
BESMUT'TED, participle passive Blackened with smut or soot.
BESNOW
BESNOW, verb transitive [be and snow.] To scatter like snow. [Little used.]
BESNOWED
BESNOWED, adjective or participle passive [be and snow.] Covered or sprinkled with snow, or with white blossoms.
BESNUFF
BESNUFF', verb transitive To befoul with snuff.
BESNUFFED
BESNUFF'ED, participle passive Foul with snuff.
BESOM
BE'SOM, noun s as z. A broom; a brush of twigs for sweeping.I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of Hosts. Isaiah 14:23.BE'SOM, verb transitive To sweep...
BESORT
BESORT', verb transitive [be and sort.] To suit; to fit; to become.BESORT', noun Company; attendance; train.
BESOTTED
BESOT'TED, participle passive Made sottish or stupid. besotted on, infatuated with foolish affection.
BESOTTEDLY
BESOT'TEDLY, adverb In a foolish manner.
BESOTTEDNESS
BESOT'TEDNESS, noun Stupidity; arrant folly; infatuation.
BESOTTING
BESOT'TING, participle present tense Infatuating; making sottish or foolish.
BESOUGHT
BESOUGHT', besaut'. participle passive of beseech. Entreated; implored; sought by entreaty.
BESPANGLE
BESPAN'GLE, verb transitive [be and spangle.] To adorn with spangles; to dot or sprinkle with something brilliant; as, the heavens bespangled with stars.
BESPANGLED
BESPAN'GLED, participle passive Adorned with spangles or something shining.
BESPANGLING
BESPAN'GLING, participle present tense Adorning with spangles or glittering objects.
BESPATTER
BESPAT'TER, verb transitive [be and spatter.] To soil by spattering; to sprinkle with water, or with dirt and water.1. To asperse with calumny or reproach.
BESPATTERED
BESPAT'TERED, participle passive Spattered over; soiled with dirt and water; aspersed; calumniated.
BESPATTERING
BESPAT'TERING, participle present tense Spattering with water; soiling with dirt and water; aspersing.
BESPAWL
BESPAWL', verb transitive [be and spawl.] To soil or make foul with spittle.
BESPEAAK
BESPEA'AK, verb transitivepreterit tense bespoke; participle passive bespoke, bespoken. [be and speak.]1. To speak for beforehand; to order or engage against a future time; as, ...