Webster's Dictionary 1913

1999

Berycoid

Ber″y‐coid (bĕr″ĭ‐koid), a. [NL. beryx, the name of the typical genus + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Berycidæ, a family of marine fishes.

2000

Beryl

Ber″yl (bĕr″ĭl), n. [F. béryl, OF. beril, L. beryllus, Gr. βήρυλλοσ, prob. fr. Skr. vaiḍūrya. Cf. Brilliant.] (Min.) A mineral of great hardness, and, when transparent, of much ...

2001

Berylline

Ber″yl‐line (�), a. Like a beryl; of a light or bluish green color.

2002

Beryllium

Be‐ryl″li‐um (�), n.(Chem.) A metallic element found in the beryl. See Glucinum.

2003

Berylloid

Ber″yl‐loid (�), n. [Beryl + -oid.] (Crystallog.) A solid consisting of a double twelve-sided pyramid; — so called because the planes of this form occur on crystals of beryl.

2004

Bes-antler

Bes–ant″ler (�), n. Same as Bez-antler.

2005

Besaiel

{ Be‐saiel″, Be‐saile″, Be‐sayle″ (�) }, n. [OF. beseel, F. bisaïeul, fr. L. bis twice + LL. avolus, dim. of L. avus grandfather.] 1. A great-grandfather.2. (Law) A kind of writ...

2006

Besaint

Be‐saint″ (�), v. t. To make a saint of.

2007

Besant

Be‐sant″ (�), n. See Bezant.

2008

Bescatter

Be‐scat″ter (�), v. t. 1. To scatter over.2. To cover sparsely by scattering (something); to strew. “With flowers bescattered.” Spenser.

2009

Bescorn

Be‐scorn″ (�), v. t. To treat with scorn. “Then was he bescorned.” Chaucer.

2010

Bescratch

Be‐scratch″ (�), v. t. To tear with the nails; to cover with scratches.

2011

Bescrawl

Be‐scrawl″ (�), v. t. To cover with scrawls; to scribble over. Milton.

2012

Bescreen

Be‐screen″ (�), v. t. To cover with a screen, or as with a screen; to shelter; to conceal. Shak.

2013

Bescribble

Be‐scrib″ble (�), v. t. To scribble over. “Bescribbled with impertinences.” Milton.

2014

Bescumber

{ Be‐scum″ber (�), Be‐scum″mer (�), } v. t. [Pref. be- + scumber, scummer.] To discharge ordure or dung upon. B. Jonson.

2015

Besee

Be‐see″ (�), v. t. & i. [AS. beseón; pref. be- + �eón to see.] To see; to look; to mind. Wyclif.

2016

Beseech

Be‐seech″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Besought (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Beseeching.] [OE. bisechen, biseken (akin to G. besuchen to visit); pref. be- + sechen, seken, to seek. See Seek.]...

2017

Beseech (2)

Be‐seech″, n. Solicitation; supplication. Shak.

2018

Beseecher

Be‐seech″er (�), n. One who beseeches.

2019

Beseeching

Be‐seech″ing, a. Entreating urgently; imploring; as, a beseeching look. — Be‐seech″ing‐ly, adv. — Be‐seech″ing‐ness, n.

2020

Beseechment

Be‐seech″ment (�), n. The act of beseeching or entreating earnestly. Goodwin.

2021

Beseek

Be‐seek″ (�), v. t. To beseech. Chaucer.

2022

Beseem

Be‐seem″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Beseemed (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Beseeming.] [Pref. be- + seem.] Literally: To appear or seem (well, ill, best, etc.) for (one) to do or to have. He...

2023

Beseem (2)

Be‐seem″, v. i. To seem; to appear; to be fitting. “As beseemed best.” Spenser.

2024

Beseeming

Be‐seem″ing, n. 1. Appearance; look; garb.I... did company these three in poor beseeming.Shak.2. Comeliness. Baret.

2025

Beseeming (2)

Be‐seem″ing, a. Becoming; suitable. — Be‐seem″ing‐ly, adv. — Be‐seem″ing‐ness, n.