BESCUMBER
BESCUM'BER, verb transitive [from cumber.] To encumber. [Not legitimate nor used.]
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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BESEE
BESEE', verb intransitive [be and see.] To look; to mind. [Not in use.]
BESEECH
BESEE'CH, verb transitivepreterit tense and participle passive besought.To entreat; to supplicate; to implore; to ask or pray with urgency; followed by a person; as, 'I Paul bes...
BESEECHER
BESEE'CHER, noun One who beseeches.
BESEECHING
BESEE'CHING, participle present tense Entreating.
BESEEK
BESEE'K, verb transitive to beseech. [Not used.]
BESEEM
BESEE'M, verb transitive [be and seem.] To become; to be fit for, or worthy of; to be decent for.What form of speech or behavior beseemeth us, in our prayers to god?
BESEEMING
BESEE'MING, participle present tense or adjective Becoming; fit; worthy of.BESEE'MING, noun Comeliness.
BESEEMLY
BESEE'MLY, adjective Becoming; fit; suitable.
BESEEN
BESEE'N, adjective Adapted; adjusted. [Not used.]
BESET
BESET', verb transitivepreterit tense and participle passivebeset1. To surround; to inclose; to hem in; to besiege; as, we are beset with enemies; a city is beset with troops. H...
BESETTING
BESET'TING, participle present tense Surrounding; besieging; waylaying.BESET'TING, adjective Habitually attending, or pressing; as a besetting sin.
BESHINE
BESHI'NE, verb transitive To shine upon. [Not used.]
BESHREW
BESHREW', verb transitive [be and shrew.] To wish a curse to; to execrate.1. To happen ill to. [Not in use.]
BESHUT
BESHUT', verb transitive To shut up. [Not used.]
BESIDE
BESI'DE, preposition [be and side, by the side.]1. At the side of a person or thing; near; as, sit down beside me, or beside the stream.2. Over and above; distinct from.Beside a...
BESIDERY
BESID'ERY, noun A species of pear.
BESIDES
BESI'DES, preposition Over and above; separate or distinct from.And there was a famine in the land, besides the first famine. Genesis 26:1.Note. This word, though radically the ...
BESIEGE
BESIE'GE, verb transitive [be and siege.]1. To lay siege to; to beleaguer; to beset, or surround with armed forces, for the purpose of compelling to surrender, either by famine ...
BESIEGED
BESIE'GED, participle passive Surrounded or beset with hostile troops.
BESIEGER
BESIE'GER, noun One who lays siege, or is employed in a siege.
BESIEGING
BESIE'GING,, participle present tense Laying siege; surrounding with armed forces.BESIE'GING, adjective Surrounding in a hostile manner; employed in a siege; as a besieging army.
BESIT
BESIT', verb transitive [be and sit.] To suit; to become. [Not used.]
BESLAVE
BESLA'VE, verb transitive To subjugate; to enslave. [Not used.]
BESLIME
BESLI'ME, verb transitive To daub with slime;; to soil. [Not used.]
BESLUBBER
BESLUB'BER, verb transitive [be and slubber, slabber.] To soil or smear with spittle, or any thing running from the mouth or nose. [Vulgar.]
BESMEAR
BESME'AR, verb transitive [be and smear.] To bedaub; to overspread with any viscous, glutinous matter, or with any soft substance that adheres. Hence, to foul; to soil.