Webster's Dictionary 1913

1783

Bemire

Be‐mire″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Bemired (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Bemiring.] To drag through, encumber with, or fix in, the mire; to soil by passing through mud or dirt.Bemired and b...

1784

Bemist

Be‐mist″ (�), v. t. To envelop in mist.

1785

Bemoan

Be‐moan″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Bemoaned (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Bemoaning.] [OE. bimenen, AS. bem�nan; pref. be- + m�nan to moan. See Moan.] To express deep grief for by moaning; ...

1786

Bemoaner

Be‐moan″er (�), n. One who bemoans.

1787

Bemock

Be‐mock″ (�), v. t. To mock; to ridicule.Bemock the modest moon.Shak.

1788

Bemoil

Be‐moil″ (�), v. t. [Pref. be- + moil, fr. F. mouiller to wet; but cf. also OE. bimolen to soil, fr. AS. māl spot: cf. E. mole.] To soil or encumber with mire and dirt. Shak.

1789

Bemol

Be″mol (bē″mŏl), n. [F. bémol, fr. bé ♭ + mol soft.] (Mus.) The sign ♭; the same as B flat.

1790

Bemonster

Be‐mon″ster (�), v. t. To make monstrous or like a monster. Shak.

1791

Bemourn

Be‐mourn″ (�), v. t. To mourn over. Wyclif.

1792

Bemuddle

Be‐mud″dle (�), v. t. To muddle; to stupefy or bewilder; to confuse.

1793

Bemuffle

Be‐muf″fle (�), v. t. To cover as with a muffler; to wrap up.Bemuffled with the externals of religion.Sterne.

1794

Bemuse

Be‐muse″ (�), v. t. To muddle, daze, or partially stupefy, as with liquor.A parson much bemused in beer.Pope.

1795

Ben

{ Ben (�), Ben″ nut′ } (�). [Ar. bān, name of the tree.] (Bot.) The seed of one or more species of moringa; as, oil of ben. See Moringa.

1796

Ben (2)

Ben, adv. & prep. [AS. binnan; pref. be- by + innan within, in in.] Within; in; in or into the interior; toward the inner apartment.

1797

Ben (3)

Ben, n. [See Ben, adv.] The inner or principal room in a hut or house of two rooms; — opposed to but, the outer apartment.

1798

Ben (4)

Ben. An old form of the pl. indic. pr. of Be.

1799

Bename

Be‐name″ (�), v. t. [p. p.Benamed, Benempt.] To promise; to name.

1800

Bench

Bench (�), n.; pl.Benches (�). [OE. bench, benk, AS. benc; akin to Sw. bänk, Dan bænk, Icel. bekkr, OS., D., & G. bank. Cf. Bank, Beach.] 1. A long seat, differing from a stool ...

1801

Bench (2)

Bench (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Benched (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Benching.] 1. To furnish with benches.'T was benched with turf.Dryden.Stately theaters benched crescentwise.Tennyson.2....

1802

Bench (3)

Bench, v. i. To sit on a seat of justice. Shak.

1803

Bench mark

Bench mark. (Leveling) Any permanent mark to which other levels may be referred. Specif.: A horizontal mark at the water's edge with reference to which the height of tides and f...

1804

Bench warrant

Bench″ war′rant (�). (Law) A process issued by a presiding judge or by a court against a person guilty of some contempt, or indicted for some crime; — so called in distinction f...

1805

Bencher

Bench″er (�), n. 1. (Eng. Law) One of the senior and governing members of an Inn of Court.2. An alderman of a corporation. Ashmole.3. A member of a court or council. Shak.4. One...

1806

Bend

Bend (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Bended or Bent (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Bending.] [AS. bendan to bend, fr. bend a band, bond, fr. bindan to bind. See Bind, v. t., and cf. 3d & 4th Bend....

1807

Bend (2)

Bend, v. i. 1. To be moved or strained out of a straight line; to crook or be curving; to bow.The green earth's endWhere the bowed welkin slow doth bend.Milton.2. To jut over; t...

1808

Bend (3)

Bend, n. [See Bend, v. t., and cf. Bent, n.] 1. A turn or deflection from a straight line or from the proper direction or normal position; a curve; a crook; as, a slight bend of...

1809

Bend (4)

Bend, n. [AS. bend. See Band, and cf. the preceding noun.] 1. A band. Spenser.2. [OF. bende, bande, F. bande. See Band.] (Her.) One of the honorable ordinaries, containing a thi...