Webster's Dictionary 1913

2080

Bespoke

Be‐spoke″ (bē̍‐spōk″), imp. & p. p. of Bespeak.

2081

Bespot

Be‐spot″ (bē̍‐spŏt″), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Bespotted (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Bespotting.] To mark with spots, or as with spots.

2082

Bespread

Be‐spread″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Bespread; p. pr. & vb. n.Bespreading.] To spread or cover over.The carpet which bespreadHis rich pavilion's floor.Glover.

2083

Besprent

Be‐sprent″ (�), p. p. [OE. bespreynt, p. p. of besprengen, bisprengen, to besprinkle, AS. besprengan, akin to D. & G. besprengen; pref. be- + sprengan to sprinkle. See Sprinkle....

2084

Besprinkle

Be‐sprin″kle (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Besprinkled (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Besprinkling (�).] To sprinkle over; to scatter over.The bed besprinkles, and bedews the ground.Dryden.

2085

Besprinkler

Be‐sprin″kler (�), n. One who, or that which, besprinkles.

2086

Besprinkling

Be‐sprin″kling (�), n. The act of sprinkling anything; a sprinkling over.

2087

Bespurt

Be‐spurt″ (�), v. t. To spurt on or over; to asperse. Milton.

2088

Bessemer steel

Bes″se‐mer steel′ (�). Steel made directly from cast iron, by burning out a portion of the carbon and other impurities that the latter contains, through the agency of a blast of...

2089

Best

Best (bĕst), a.; superl. of Good. [AS. besta, best, contr. from betest, betst, betsta; akin to Goth. batists, OHG. pezzisto, G. best, beste, D. best, Icel. beztr, Dan. best, Sw....

2090

Best (2)

Best, n. Utmost; highest endeavor or state; most nearly perfect thing, or being, or action; as, to do one's best; to the best of our ability.At best, in the utmost degree or ext...

2091

Best (3)

Best, adv.; superl. of Well. 1. In the highest degree; beyond all others. “Thou serpent! That name best befits thee.” Milton.He prayeth best, who loveth bestAll things both grea...

2092

Best (4)

Best, v. t. To get the better of.

2093

Bestad

Be‐stad″ (�), imp. & p. p. of Bestead. Beset; put in peril. Chaucer.

2094

Bestain

Be‐stain″ (�), v. t. To stain.

2095

Bestar

Be‐star″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Bestarred (�).] To sprinkle with, or as with, stars; to decorate with, or as with, stars; to bestud. “Bestarred with anemones.” W. Black.

2096

Bestead

Be‐stead″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Bestead or Bested, also (Obs.)Bestad. In sense 3 imp. also Besteaded.] [Pref. be- + stead a place.] 1. To put in a certain situation or conditi...

2097

Bestial

Bes″tial (�), a. [F. bestial, L. bestialis, fr. bestia beast. See Beast.] 1. Belonging to a beast, or to the class of beasts.Among the bestial herds to range.Milton.2. Having th...

2098

Bestial (2)

Bes″tial, n. A domestic animal; also collectively, cattle; as, other kinds of bestial.

2099

Bestiality

Bes‐tial″i‐ty (�), n. [F. bestialité.] 1. The state or quality of being bestial.2. Unnatural connection with a beast.

2100

Bestialize

Bes″tial‐ize (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Bestialized (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Bestializing.] To make bestial, or like a beast; to degrade; to brutalize.The process of bestializing humani...

2101

Bestially

Bes″tial‐ly, adv. In a bestial manner.

2102

Bestiary

Bes″ti‐a‐ry (?), n. [LL. bestiarium, fr. L. bestiarius pert. to beasts, fr. bestia beast: cf. F. bestiaire.] A treatise on beasts; esp., one of the moralizing or allegorical bea...

2103

Bestick

Be‐stick″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Bestuck (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Besticking.] To stick over, as with sharp points pressed in; to mark by infixing points or spots here and there; to...

2104

Bestill

Be‐still″ (�), v. t. To make still.

2105

Bestir

Be‐stir″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Bestirred (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Bestirring.] To put into brisk or vigorous action; to move with life and vigor; — usually with the reciprocal pron...

2106

Bestorm

Be‐storm″ (�), v. i. & t. To storm. Young.