Part 1068

<h1>Besieging</h1> <Xpage=139>

<hw>Be*sie"ging</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>That besieges; laying siege to.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Be*sie"ging*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Besit</h1> <Xpage=139>

<hw>Be*sit"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>be-</ets> + <ets>sit</ets>.]</ety> <def>To suit; to fit; to become.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Beslabber</h1> <Xpage=139>

<hw>Be*slab"ber</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To beslobber.</def>

<h1>Beslave</h1> <Xpage=139>

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

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Beslaver</h1> <Xpage=139>

<hw>Be*slav"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Beslavered</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Beslavering</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To defile with slaver; to beslobber.</def>

<h1>Beslime</h1> <Xpage=139>

<hw>Be*slime"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To daub with slime; to soil.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Beslobber</h1> <Xpage=139>

<hw>Be*slob"ber</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To slobber on; to smear with spittle running from the mouth. Also Fig.: as, to <i>beslobber</i> with praise.</def>

<h1>Beslubber</h1> <Xpage=139>

<hw>Be*slub"ber</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To beslobber.</def>

<h1>Besmear</h1> <Xpage=139>

<hw>Be*smear"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Besmeared</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Besmearing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To smear with any viscous, glutinous matter; to bedaub; to soil.</def>

<blockquote><b>Besmeared</b> with precious balm. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Besmearer</h1> <Xpage=139>

<hw>Be*smear"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One that besmears.</def>

<h1>Besmirch</h1> <Xpage=139>

<hw>Be*smirch"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Besmirched</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Besmirching</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To smirch or soil; to discolor; to obscure. Hence: To dishonor; to sully.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Besmoke</h1> <Xpage=139>

<hw>Be*smoke"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To foul with smoke.</def>