Part 1039

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

<blockquote><b>Bemired</b> and benighted in the dog. <i> Burke.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bemist</h1> <Xpage=136>

<hw>Be*mist"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To envelop in mist.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Bemoan</h1> <Xpage=136>

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

<blockquote>Implores their pity, and his pain <b>bemoans</b>. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- See <er>Deplore</er>.</syn>

<h1>Bemoaner</h1> <Xpage=136>

<hw>Be*moan"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who bemoans.</def>

<h1>Bemock</h1> <Xpage=136>

<hw>Be*mock"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To mock; to ridicule.</def>

<blockquote><b>Bemock</b> the modest moon. <i> Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bemoil</h1> <Xpage=136>

<hw>Be*moil"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>be-</ets> + <ets>moil</ets>, fr. F. <ets>mouiller</ets> to wet; but cf. also OE. <ets>bimolen</ets> to soil, fr. AS. <ets>m\'bel</ets> spot: cf. E. <ets>mole</ets>.]</ety> <def>To soil or encumber with mire and dirt.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Bemol</h1> <Xpage=136>

<hw>Be"mol</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>b\'82mol</ets>, fr. <ets>b\'82 <?/ + mol</ets> soft.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>The sign <?/; the same as B flat.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Bemonster</h1> <Xpage=136>

<hw>Be*mon"ster</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To make monstrous or like a monster.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i> Shak.</i>

<h1>Bemourn</h1> <Xpage=136>

<hw>Be*mourn"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To mourn over.</def>

<i> Wyclif.</i>

<h1>Bemuddle</h1> <Xpage=136>

<hw>Be*mud"dle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To muddle; to stupefy or bewilder; to confuse.</def>

<h1>Bemuffle</h1> <Xpage=136>

<hw>Be*muf"fle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To cover as with a muffler; to wrap up.</def>