Webster's Dictionary 1913

1918

Bepinch

Be‐pinch″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Bepinched (�).] To pinch, or mark with pinches. Chapman.

1919

Beplaster

Be‐plas″ter (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Beplastered (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Beplastering.] To plaster over; to cover or smear thickly; to bedaub.Beplastered with rouge.Goldsmith.

1920

Beplumed

Be‐plumed″ (�), a. Decked with feathers.

1921

Bepommel

Be‐pom″mel (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Bepommeled (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Bepommeling.] To pommel; to beat, as with a stick; figuratively, to assail or criticise in conversation, or in ...

1922

Bepowder

Be‐pow″der (�), v. t. To sprinkle or cover with powder; to powder.

1923

Bepraise

Be‐praise″ (�), v. t. To praise greatly or extravagantly. Goldsmith.

1924

Beprose

Be‐prose″ (�), v. t. To reduce to prose. “To beprose all rhyme.” Mallet.

1925

Bepuffed

Be‐puffed″ (�), a. Puffed; praised. Carlyle.

1926

Bepurple

Be‐pur″ple (�), v. t. To tinge or dye with a purple color.

1927

Bequeath

Be‐queath″ (bē̍‐kwēt͡h″), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Bequeathed (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Bequeathing.] [OE. biquethen, AS. becweðan to say, affirm, bequeath; pref. be- + cweðan to say, speak...

1928

Bequeathable

Be‐queath″a‐ble (�), a. Capable of being bequeathed.

1929

Bequeathal

Be‐queath″al (�), n. The act of bequeathing; bequeathment; bequest. Fuller.

1930

Bequeathment

Be‐queath″ment (�), n. The act of bequeathing, or the state of being bequeathed; a bequest.

1931

Bequest

Be‐quest″ (�), n. [OE. biquest, corrupted fr. bequide; pref. be- + AS. cwide a saying, becweðan to bequeath. The ending -est is probably due to confusion with quest. See Bequeat...

1932

Bequest (2)

Be‐quest″, v. t. To bequeath, or leave as a legacy. “All I have to bequest.” Gascoigne.

1933

Bequethen

Be‐queth″en (�), old p. p. of Bequeath. Chaucer.

1934

Bequote

Be‐quote″ (�), v. t. To quote constantly or with great frequency.

1935

Berain

Be‐rain (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Berained (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Beraining.] To rain upon; to wet with rain. Chaucer.

1936

Berate

Be‐rate″ (bē̍‐rāt″), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Berated; p. pr. & vb. n.Berating.] To rate or chide vehemently; to scold. Holland.Motley.

1937

Berattle

Be‐rat″tle (bē̍‐răt″t'l), v. t. To make rattle; to scold vociferously; to cry down. Shak.

1938

Beray

Be‐ray″ (bē̍‐rā″), v. t. [Pref. be + ray to defile] To make foul; to soil; to defile. Milton.

1939

Berbe

‖Berbe (bẽrb), n.(Zoöl.) An African genet (Genetta pardina). See Genet.

1940

Berber

Ber″ber (bẽr″bẽr), n. [See Barbary.] A member of a race somewhat resembling the Arabs, but often classed as Hamitic, who were formerly the inhabitants of the whole of North Afri...

1941

Berberine

Ber″ber‐ine (�), n.(Chem.) An alkaloid obtained, as a bitter, yellow substance, from the root of the barberry, gold thread, and other plants.

1942

Berberry

Ber″ber‐ry (�), n. See Barberry.

1943

Berceuse

‖Ber′ceuse″ (?), n.(Mus.) A vocal or instrumental composition of a soft tranquil character, having a lulling effect; a cradle song.

1944

Berdash

Ber″dash (�), n. A kind of neckcloth.A treatise against the cravat and berdash.Steele.