Webster's Dictionary 1913

2053

Besmirch

Be‐smirch″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Besmirched (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Besmirching.] To smirch or soil; to discolor; to obscure. Hence: To dishonor; to sully. Shak.

2054

Besmoke

Be‐smoke″ (�), v. t. 1. To foul with smoke.2. To harden or dry in smoke. Johnson.

2055

Besmut

Be‐smut″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Besmutted; p. pr. & vb. n.Besmutting.] [Pref. be- + smut: cf. AS. besmītan, and also OE. besmotren.] To blacken with smut; to foul with soot.

2056

Besnow

Be‐snow″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Besnowed (�).] [OE. bisnewen, AS. besnīwan; pref. be- + snīwan to snow.] 1. To scatter like snow; to cover thick, as with snow flakes. Gower.2. ...

2057

Besnuff

Be‐snuff″ (�), v. t. To befoul with snuff. Young.

2058

Besogne

Be‐sogne″ (�), n. [F. bisogne.] A worthless fellow; a bezonian.

2059

Besom

Be″som (�), n. [OE. besme, besum, AS. besma; akin to D. bezem, OHG pesamo, G. besen; of uncertain origin.] A brush of twigs for sweeping; a broom; anything which sweeps away or ...

2060

Besom (2)

Be″som, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Besomed (�).] To sweep, as with a besom. Cowper.Rolls back all Greece, and besoms wide the plain.Barlow.

2061

Besomer

Be″som‐er (�), n. One who uses a besom.

2062

Besort

Be‐sort″ (�), v. t. To assort or be congruous with; to fit, or become.Such men as may besort your age.Shak.

2063

Besort (2)

Be‐sort″, n. Befitting associates or attendants.With such accommodation and besortAs levels with her breeding.Shak.

2064

Besot

Be‐sot″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Besotted (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Besotting.] To make sottish; to make dull or stupid; to stupefy; to infatuate.Fools besotted with their crimes.Hudib...

2065

Besotted

Be‐sot″ted, a. Made sottish, senseless, or infatuated; characterized by drunken stupidity, or by infatuation; stupefied. “Besotted devotion.” Sir W. Scott. — Be‐sot″ted‐ly, adv....

2066

Besottingly

Be‐sot″ting‐ly, adv. In a besotting manner.

2067

Besought

Be‐sought″ (�), p. p. of Beseech.

2068

Bespangle

Be‐span″gle (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Bespangled (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Bespangling (�).] To adorn with spangles; to dot or sprinkle with something brilliant or glittering.The grass....

2069

Bespatter

Be‐spat″ter (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Bespattered (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Bespattering.] 1. To soil by spattering; to sprinkle, esp. with dirty water, mud, or anything which will leav...

2070

Bespawl

Be‐spawl″ (�), v. t. To daub, soil, or make foul with spawl or spittle. Milton.

2071

Bespeak

Be‐speak″ (�), v. t. [imp.Bespoke (�), Bespake(Archaic); p. p.Bespoke, Bespoken (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Bespeaking.] [OE. bispeken, AS. besprecan, to speak to, accuse; pref. be- + s...

2072

Bespeak (2)

Be‐speak″, v. i. To speak. Milton.

2073

Bespeak (3)

Be‐speak″, n. A bespeaking. Among actors, a benefit (when a particular play is bespoken.) “The night of her bespeak.” Dickens.

2074

Bespeaker

Be‐speak″er (�), n. One who bespeaks.

2075

Bespeckle

Be‐spec″kle (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Bespeckled (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Bespeckling.] To mark with speckles or spots. Milton.

2076

Bespew

Be‐spew″ (�), v. t. To soil or daub with spew; to vomit on.

2077

Bespice

Be‐spice″ (�), v. t. To season with spice, or with some spicy drug. Shak.

2078

Bespirt

Be‐spirt″ (�), v. t. Same as Bespurt.

2079

Bespit

Be‐spit (bē̍‐spĭt″), v. t. [imp.Bespit; p. p.Bespit, Bespitten (–t'n); p. pr. & vb. n.Bespitting.] To daub or soil with spittle. Johnson.