Part 602

Be*maul" (&?;), v. t. To maul or beat severely; to bruise. "In order to bemaul Yorick." Sterne.

Be*maze (&?;), v. t. [OE. bimasen; pref. be- + masen to maze.] To bewilder.

Intellects bemazed in endless doubt. Cowper.

Be*mean" (&?;), v. t. To make mean; to lower. C. Reade.

Be*meet" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bemet (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Bemeeting.] To meet. [Obs.]

Our very loving sister, well bemet. Shak.

Be*mete" (&?;), v. t. To mete. [Obs.] Shak.

Be*min"gle (&?;), v. t. To mingle; to mix.

Be*mire" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bemired (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Bemiring.] To drag through, encumber with, or fix in, the mire; to soil by passing through mud or dirt.

Bemired and benighted in the dog. Burke.

Be*mist" (&?;), v. t. To envelop in mist. [Obs.]

Be*moan" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bemoaned (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Bemoaning.] [OE. bimenen, AS. bem&?;nan; pref. be- + m&?;nan to moan. See Moan.] To express deep grief for by moaning; to express sorrow for; to lament; to bewail; to pity or sympathize with.

Implores their pity, and his pain bemoans. Dryden.

Syn. -- See Deplore.

Be*moan"er (&?;), n. One who bemoans.

Be*mock" (&?;), v. t. To mock; to ridicule.

Bemock the modest moon. Shak.

Be*moil" (&?;), v. t. [Pref. be- + moil, fr. F. mouiller to wet; but cf. also OE. bimolen to soil, fr. AS. ml spot: cf. E. mole.] To soil or encumber with mire and dirt. [Obs.] Shak.

Be"mol (b"ml), n. [F. bémol, fr. bé + mol soft.] (Mus.) The sign ; the same as B flat. [Obs.]

Be*mon"ster (&?;), v. t. To make monstrous or like a monster. [Obs.] Shak.

Be*mourn" (&?;), v. t. To mourn over. Wyclif.

Be*mud"dle (&?;), v. t. To muddle; to stupefy or bewilder; to confuse.

Be*muf"fle (&?;), v. t. To cover as with a muffler; to wrap up.

Bemuffled with the externals of religion. Sterne.

Be*muse" (&?;), v. t. To muddle, daze, or partially stupefy, as with liquor.

A parson much bemused in beer. Pope.

{ Ben (&?;), Ben" nut` } (&?;). [Ar. bn, name of the tree.] (Bot.) The seed of one or more species of moringa; as, oil of ben. See Moringa.

Ben, adv. & prep. [AS. binnan; pref. be- by + innan within, in in.] Within; in; in or into the interior; toward the inner apartment. [Scot.]