Webster's Dictionary 1828

919

BEHOOVEFUL

BEHOOVEFUL, adjective behoov'ful. Needful; useful; profitable; advantageous.

920

BEHOOVEFULLY

BEHOOVEFULLY, adverb behoov'fully. Usefully, profitably.

921

BEHOT

BEHOT', preterit tense of behight.

922

BEHOVE

BEHOVE, and its derivatives. [See Behoove.]

923

BEHOWL

BEHOWL', verb intransitive [be and howl.] To howl at. [Not used.]

924

BEING

BE'ING, participle present tense [See Be.] Existing in a certain state.Man, being in honor, abideth not. Psalms 49:12.BE'ING, noun Existence; as, God is the author of our beingI...

925

BEJADE

BEJA'DE, verb transitive [be and jade.] To tire. [Not used.]

926

BEJAPE

BEJA'PE, verb transitive To laugh at; to deceive. [Not used.]

927

BEKEN

BE'HEN, BEN, OR BEK'EN, noun A plant. The white behen is a species of Cucubalus, called Swedish Lychnis, or gum sepungar. The empalement of its flower resembles net-work, and it...

928

BEKISS

BEKISS', verb transitive [be and kiss.] To kiss or salute. [Not in use.]

929

BEKNAVE

BEKNA'VE, verb transitive [be and knave.] To call knave. [Not used.]

930

BEKNOW

BEKNO'W, verb transitive [be and know.] To acknowledge. [Not used.]

931

BELABOR

BELA'BOR, verb transitive [perhaps from be and labor; but in Russ. bulava is a club.] To beat soundly; to thump.Ajax belabors there a harmless ox.

932

BELACE

BELA'CE, verb transitive [be and lace.] To fasten, as with a lace or cord.1. To beat; to whip.

933

BELACED

BELA'CED, adjective Adorned with lace.

934

BELAMOUR

BEL'AMOUR, noun A gallant; a consort. [Not used.]

935

BELAMY

BEL'AMY, noun A good friend; an intimate. [Not used.]

936

BELATE

BELA'TE, verb transitive [be and late.] To retard or make too late. [Not used.]

937

BELATED

BELA'TED, adjective [be and lated.] Benighted; abroad late at night.1. Too late for the hour appointed or intended; later than the proper time.

938

BELATEDNESS

BELA'TEDNESS, noun A being too late.

939

BELAVE

BELA'VE, verb transitive [be and lave.] To wash. [Not used.]

940

BELAWGIVE

BELAW'GIVE, verb transitive To give a law to. [Barbarous and not used.]

941

BELAY

BELA'Y, verb transitive [This word is composed of be and lay, to lay to, lay by, or close. See Beleaguer.]1. To block up, or obstruct.2. To place in ambush.3. To adorn, surround...

942

BELAYED

BELA'YED, pp. Obstructed; ambushed; made fast.

943

BELAYING

BELA'YING, ppr. Blocking up; laying an ambush; making fast.

944

BELCH

BELCH, verb transitive [Eng. bulge, bilge, bulk.]1. To throw or eject wind from the stomach with violence.2. To eject violently from a deep hollow place, as, a volcano belches f...

945

BELCHED

BELCH'ED, participle passive Ejected from the stomach, or from a hollow place.