Bes-antler Bes-ant"ler noun Same as Bez- antler .

Besaiel, Besaile Be新aiel", Be新aile" Be*sayle" noun [ Old French beseel , French bisa髾ul , from Latin bis twice + Late Latin avolus , dim. of Latin avus grandfather.] 1. A great-grandfather. [ Obsolete]

2. (Law) A kind of writ which formerly lay where a great-grandfather died seized of lands in fee simple, and on the day of his death a stranger abated or entered and kept the heir out. This is now abolished. Blackstone.

Besaint Be新aint" transitive verb To make a saint of.

Besant Be新ant" noun See Bezant .

Bescatter Be新cat"ter transitive verb 1. To scatter over.

2. To cover sparsely by scattering (something); to strew. "With flowers bescattered ." Spenser.

Bescorn Be新corn" transitive verb To treat with scorn. "Then was he bescorned ." Chaucer.

Bescratch Be新cratch" transitive verb To tear with the nails; to cover with scratches.

Bescrawl Be新crawl" transitive verb To cover with scrawls; to scribble over. Milton.

Bescreen Be新creen" transitive verb To cover with a screen, or as with a screen; to shelter; to conceal. Shak.

Bescribble Be新crib"ble transitive verb To scribble over. " Bescribbled with impertinences." Milton.

Bescumber, Bescummer Be新cum"ber, Be新cum"mer transitive verb [ Prefix be- + scumber , scummer .] To discharge ordure or dung upon. [ Obsolete] B. Jonson.

Besee Be新ee" transitive verb & i. [ Anglo-Saxon bese鏮 ; prefix be- + ...e鏮 to see.] To see; to look; to mind. [ Obsolete] Wyclif.

Beseech Be新eech" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Besought ; present participle & verbal noun Beseeching .] [ Middle English bisechen , biseken (akin to German besuchen to visit); prefix be- + sechen , seken , to seek. See Seek .] 1. To ask or entreat with urgency; to supplicate; to implore.

I beseech you, punish me not with your hard thoughts.
Shak.

But Eve . . . besought his peace.
Milton.

Syn. -- To beg; to crave. -- To Beseech , Entreat , Solicit , Implore , Supplicate . These words agree in marking that sense of want which leads men to beg some favor. To solicit is to make a request, with some degree of earnestness and repetition, of one whom we address as a superior. To entreat implies greater urgency, usually enforced by adducing reasons or arguments. To beseech is still stronger, and belongs rather to the language of poetry and imagination. To implore denotes increased fervor of entreaty, as addressed either to equals or superiors. To supplicate expresses the extreme of entreaty, and usually implies a state of deep humiliation. Thus, a captive supplicates a conqueror to spare his life. Men solicit by virtue of their interest with another; they entreat in the use of reasoning and strong representations; they beseech with importunate earnestness; they implore from a sense of overwhelming distress; they supplicate with a feeling of the most absolute inferiority and dependence.

Beseech Be新eech" noun Solicitation; supplication. [ Obsolete or Poetic] Shak.

Beseecher Be新eech"er noun One who beseeches.

Beseeching Be新eech"ing adjective Entreating urgently; imploring; as, a beseeching look. -- Be*seech"ing*ly , adverb -- Be*seech"ing*ness , noun

Beseechment Be新eech"ment noun The act of beseeching or entreating earnestly. [ R.] Goodwin.

Beseek Be新eek" transitive verb To beseech. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Beseem Be新eem" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Beseemed ; present participle & verbal noun Beseeming .] [ Prefix be- + seem .] Literally: To appear or seem ( well , ill , best , etc.) for (one) to do or to have. Hence: To be fit, suitable, or proper for, or worthy of; to become; to befit.

A duty well beseeming the preachers.
Clarendon.

What form of speech or behavior beseemeth us, in our prayers to God ?
Hocker.

Beseem Be新eem" intransitive verb To seem; to appear; to be fitting. [ Obsolete] "As beseemed best." Spenser.

Beseeming Be新eem"ing noun 1. Appearance; look; garb. [ Obsolete]

I . . . did company these three in poor beseeming .
Shak.

2. Comeliness. Baret.

Beseeming Be新eem"ing adjective Becoming; suitable. [ Archaic] -- Be*seem"ing*ly , adverb -- Be*seem"ing*ness , noun

Beseemly Be新eem"ly adjective Fit; suitable; becoming. [ Archaic]

In beseemly order sitten there.
Shenstone.

Beseen Be新een" adjective [ Properly the past participle of besee .]

1. Seen; appearing. [ Obsolete or Archaic]

2. Decked or adorned; clad. [ Archaic] Chaucer.

3. Accomplished; versed. [ Archaic] Spenser.

Beset Be新et" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Beset ; present participle & verbal noun Besetting .] [ Anglo-Saxon besettan (akin to Old High German bisazjan , German besetzen , Dutch bezetten ); prefix be- + settan to set. See Set .] 1. To set or stud (anything) with ornaments or prominent objects.

A robe of azure beset with drops of gold.
Spectator.

The garden is so beset with all manner of sweet shrubs that it perfumes the air.
Evelyn.

2. To hem in; to waylay; to surround; to besiege; to blockade. " Beset with foes." Milton.

Let thy troops beset our gates.
Addison.

3. To set upon on all sides; to perplex; to harass; -- said of dangers, obstacles, etc. "Adam, sore beset , replied." Milton. " Beset with ills." Addison. "Incommodities which beset old age." Burke.

4. To occupy; to employ; to use up. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Syn. -- To surround; inclose; environ; hem in; besiege; encircle; encompass; embarrass; urge; press.

Besetment Be新et"ment noun The act of besetting, or the state of being beset; also, that which besets one, as a sin. "Fearing a besetment ." Kane.

Besetter Be新et"ter noun One who, or that which, besets.

Besetting Be新et"ting adjective Habitually attacking, harassing, or pressing upon or about; as, a besetting sin.

Beshine Be新hine" (be*shīn") transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Beshone ; present participle & verbal noun Beshining .] To shine upon; to illumine.

Beshow Be新how" noun [ Native name.] (Zoology) A large food fish ( Anoplopoma fimbria ) of the north Pacific coast; -- called also candlefish .

Beshrew Be新hrew" transitive verb To curse; to execrate.

Beshrew me, but I love her heartily.
Shak.

» Often a very mild form of imprecation; sometimes so far from implying a curse, as to be uttered coaxingly, nay even with some tenderness. Schmidt.

Beshroud Be新hroud" transitive verb To cover with, or as with, a shroud; to screen.

Beshut Be新hut" transitive verb To shut up or out. [ Obsolete]

Beside Be新ide" preposition [ Middle English biside , bisiden , bisides , preposition and adverb , beside, besides; prefix be- by + side . Confer Besides, and see Side , noun ] 1. At the side of; on one side of. " Beside him hung his bow." Milton.

2. Aside from; out of the regular course or order of; in a state of deviation from; out of.

[ You] have done enough
To put him quite beside his patience.
Shak.

3. Over and above; distinct from; in addition to. [ In this use besides is now commoner.]

Wise and learned men beside those whose names are in the Christian records.
Addison.

To be beside one's self , to be out of one's wits or senses.

Paul, thou art beside thyself .

Acts xxvi. 24.

Syn. -- Beside , Besides . These words, whether used as prepositions or adverbs, have been considered strictly synonymous, from an early period of our literature, and have been freely interchanged by our best writers. There is, however, a tendency, in present usage, to make the following distinction between them: 1. That beside be used only and always as a preposition, with the original meaning "by the side of; " as, to sit beside a fountain; or with the closely allied meaning "aside from", "apart from", or "out of"; as, this is beside our present purpose; to be beside one's self with joy. The adverbial sense to be wholly transferred to the cognate word. 2. That besides , as a preposition, take the remaining sense "in addition to", as, besides all this; besides the considerations here offered. "There was a famine in the land besides the first famine." Gen. xxvi. 1. And that it also take the adverbial sense of "moreover", "beyond", etc., which had been divided between the words; as, besides , there are other considerations which belong to this case. The following passages may serve to illustrate this use of the words: --

Lovely Thais sits beside thee.

Dryden.

Only be patient till we have appeased
The multitude, beside themselves with fear.

Shak.

It is beside my present business to enlarge on this speculation.

Locke.

Besides this, there are persons in certain situations who are expected to be charitable.

Bp. Porteus.

And, besides , the Moor
May unfold me to him; there stand I in much peril.

Shak.

That man that does not know those things which are of necessity for him to know is but an ignorant man, whatever he may know besides .

Tillotson.

See Moreover .

Besides Be新ides preposition Over and above; separate or distinct from; in addition to; other than; else than. See Beside , prep ., 3, and Syn. under Beside .

Besides your cheer, you shall have sport.
Shak.

Besides, Beside Be新ides", Be新ide" adverb [ Middle English Same as beside , preposition ; the ending - s is an adverbial one, prop. a genitive sign.] 1. On one side. [ Obsolete] Chaucer. Shak.

2. More than that; over and above; not included in the number, or in what has been mentioned; moreover; in addition.

The men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides ?
Gen. xix. 12.

To all beside , as much an empty shade,
An Eugene living, as a C犘ar dead.
Pope.

» These sentences may be considered as elliptical.

Besiege Be新iege" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Besieged ; present participle & verbal noun Besieging .] [ Middle English bisegen ; prefix be- + segen to siege. See Siege .] To beset or surround with armed forces, for the purpose of compelling to surrender; to lay siege to; to beleaguer; to beset.

Till Paris was besieged , famished, and lost.
Shak.

Syn. -- To environ; hem in; invest; encompass.

Besiegement Be新iege"ment noun The act of besieging, or the state of being besieged. Golding.

Besieger Be新ie"ger noun One who besieges; - - opposed to the besieged .

Besieging Be新ie"ging adjective That besieges; laying siege to. -- Be*sie"ging*ly , adverb

Besit Be新it" transitive verb [ Prefix be- + sit .] To suit; to fit; to become. [ Obsolete]

Beslabber Be新lab"ber transitive verb To beslobber.

Beslave Be新lave" transitive verb To enslave. [ Obsolete] Bp. Hall.

Beslaver Be新lav"er transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Beslavered ; present participle & verbal noun Beslavering .] To defile with slaver; to beslobber.

Beslime Be新lime" transitive verb To daub with slime; to soil. [ Obsolete] B. Jonson.

Beslobber Be新lob"ber transitive verb To slobber on; to smear with spittle running from the mouth. Also Fig.: as, to beslobber with praise.

Beslubber Be新lub"ber transitive verb To beslobber.

Besmear Be新mear" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Besmeared ; present participle & verbal noun Besmearing .] To smear with any viscous, glutinous matter; to bedaub; to soil.

Besmeared with precious balm.
Spenser.

Besmearer Be新mear"er noun One that besmears.

Besmirch Be新mirch" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Besmirched ; present participle & verbal noun Besmirching .] To smirch or soil; to discolor; to obscure. Hence: To dishonor; to sully. Shak.

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