Part 1005

<h1>Beet radish</h1> <Xpage=132>

<hw>Beet" rad`ish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>Same as <er>Beetrave</er>.</def>

<h1>Beetrave</h1> <Xpage=132>

<hw>Beet"rave`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>betterave</ets>; <ets>bette</ets> beet + <ets>rave</ets> radish.]</ety> <def>The common beet (<spn>Beta vulgaris</spn>).</def>

<h1>Beeve</h1> <Xpage=132>

<hw>Beeve</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Formed from <ets>beeves</ets>, pl. of <ets>beef</ets>.]</ety> <def>A beef; a beef creature.</def>

<blockquote>They would knock down the first <b>beeve</b> they met with. <i> W. Irving.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Beeves</h1> <Xpage=132>

<hw>Beeves</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt><def>; plural of <er>Beef</er>, the animal.</def>

<h1>Befall</h1> <Xpage=132>

<hw>Be*fall"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp.</tt> <er>Befell</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. p.</tt> <er>Befallen</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Befalling</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[AS. <ets>befeallan</ets>; pref. <ets>be-</ets> + <ets>feallan</ets> to fall.]</ety> <def>To happen to.</def>

<blockquote>I beseech your grace that I may know The worst that may <b>befall</b> me. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Befall</h1> <Xpage=132>

<hw>Be*fall"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To come to pass; to happen.</def>

<blockquote>I have revealed . . . the discord which <b>befell</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Befit</h1> <Xpage=132>

<hw>Be*fit"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Befitted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Befitting</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To be suitable to; to suit; to become.</def>

<blockquote>That name best <b>befits</b> thee. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Befitting</h1> <Xpage=132>

<hw>Be*fit"ting</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Suitable; proper; becoming; fitting.</def>

<h1>Befittingly</h1> <Xpage=132>

<hw>Be*fit"ting*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a befitting manner; suitably.</def>

<h1>Beflatter</h1> <Xpage=132>

<hw>Be*flat"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To flatter excessively.</def>

<h1>Beflower</h1> <Xpage=132>

<hw>Be*flow"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To besprinkle or scatter over with, or as with, flowers.</def>

<i>Hobbes.</i>

<h1>Befog</h1> <Xpage=132>