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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Be-clĭp', v. t. p. 119To embrace; to surround. [Obs.] Wickliffe.Be-cloud', v. t. p. 119To cause obscurity or dimness to; to overshadow. “If thou becloud the sunshine of thine eye.” Quarles.Be-cŏme' (-kŭm'), v. i. p. 119To pass from one state to another; to enter into some state or condition, by a change from another state or condition, or by assuming or receiving new properties or qualities, additional matter, or a…Be-cōme', v. t. p. 119To suit or be suitable to; to be congruous with; to befit; to accord with, in character or circumstances; to be worthy of, or proper for; — usually said of things, but sometimes of persons. If I…Be-côm'ing, a. p. 119Appropriate or fit; congruous; suitable; graceful; befitting. “A low and becoming tone.” Thackeray. Formerly sometimes followed by of. Such discourses as are becoming of them. Dryden.Be-côm'ing, n. p. 119Something worn as an ornament. [Obs.] Shak.Be-côm'ing-ly, adv. p. 119After a becoming or proper manner.Be-côm'ing-ness, n. p. 119The state or quality of being becoming, appropriate, or fit; congruity; fitness. “The becomingness of human nature.” Grew.Be-crĭp'ple, v. t. p. 119To make a cripple of; to cripple; to lame. [Rare.]Be-cûrl', v. t. p. 119To curl. [Obs.]Bĕd, n. p. 119An article of furniture to sleep or take rest on; — usually a sack filled with some soft material, in distinction from the bedstead or framework on which it is placed. 2. Matrimonial connection…Bĕd, v. t. p. 119To place in a bed. [Obs.] “She was . . . solemnly bedded.” Bacon. 2. To make partaker of the bed. [Obs.] “I’ll . . . never bed her.” Shak. 3. To plant and inclose or cover; to set or lay and inclose…Bĕd, v. i. p. 119To go to bed; to cohabit. If he be married, and bed with his wife. Wiseman.Be-dăb’ble, v. t. p. 119To sprinkle or wet with moisture. Shak.Be-dâff, v. t. p. 119To make a fool of. [Obs.] Chaucer.Bĕd'a-găt, n. p. 119The sacred books of the Buddhists in Burmah. Malcom.Be-dăg'gle, v. t. p. 119To soil, as clothes, by drawing the ends in the mud, or spattering them with dirty water. Johnson.Be-dāre′, v. t. p. 119To dare; to defy. [Obs.] Peele.Be-dārk', v. t. p. 119To make dark; to darken. [Obs.] Gower.Be-dăsh', v. t. p. 119To wet by dashing or throwing water or other liquor upon; to bespatter. “Trees bedashed with rain.” Shak.Be-dăub', v. t. p. 119To daub over; to besmear or soil with any thing thick and dirty. “bedaub fair designs with a foul varnish.” Barrow.Be-dăz'zle, v. t. p. 119To dazzle or make dim by too strong a light. “Bedazzled with the sun.” Shak.Be-dăz'zling-ly, adv. p. 119So as to bedazzle.Bĕd'-bŭg, n. p. 119An offensive bug (Cimex lectularius) which infests beds. Baird.Běd'-chăir, n. p. 119A chair for the sick, with a movable back, to sustain them while sitting up in bed.Bĕd'-chăm'ber, n. p. 119A chamber for a bed. Shak.Bĕd'clōthes, n. pl. p. 119Blankets, sheets, coverlets, &c., for a bed. Shak.Bĕd'der or Be-dĕt'ter, n. p. 119The nether stone of an oil mill. Chalmers.Bĕd'ding, n. p. 119A bed and its furniture; the materials of a bed, whether for man or beast. Spenser. 2. (Geol.) The state or position of beds and layers. Dana.Be-dĕād′, v. t. p. 119To make dead; to kill. [Obs.]Be-dĕck′, v. t. p. 119To deck, ornament, or adorn; to grace. “Bedecked with boughs, flowers, and garlands.” Pennant.Bĕd'e-guār, n. p. 119A hairy or spongy substance on rose-bushes, produced by the puncture of certain insects, and once supposed to have valuable medicinal properties. Booth.Bēde'-house, n. p. 119See BEAD HOUSE.Bē'del, n. p. 119Same as BEADLE, q. v.Bē'del-ry, n. p. 119The extent of a bedel's or beadle's office. Blount.Be-dĕv'il, v. t. p. 119To throw into utter disorder and confusion, as if by the agency of evil spirits. “Bedeviled and used worse than St. Bartholomew.” Sterne. 2. To spoil; to corrupt. Wright.Be-dew', v. t. p. 119To moisten with dew, or as with dew. Falling tears his face bedew. Dryden.Be-dew'er, n. p. 119One who, or that which, bedews.Be-dew'y, a. p. 119Moist with dew. [Obs.] “Night with her bedewy wings.” Brewer.Bĕd'fel-lōw, n. p. 119One who lies with another in the same bed. Shak.Bĕd'fēre, n. p. 119Bĕd'phēre p. 119A bedfellow. [Obs.] Chapman.Be-dight′, v. t. p. 119To deck with ornaments; to adorn; to dress; to set off. [Rare.] Milton.Be-dīm’, v. t. p. 119p. pr. & vb. n. BEDIMMING.] [be and dim.] To make dim; to obscure or darken. I have bedimmed the noon-tide sun. Shak.Be-dĭs'mal, v. t. p. 119To make dismal. [Obs.]Be-dī'zen or Be-diz'en, v. t. p. 119To dress or adorn tawdrily or with false taste. Remnants of tapestried hangings, window curtains, and shreds of pictures, with which he had bedizened his tatters. W. Scott.Bĕd'lam, n. p. 119A place appropriated to the confinement and care of the insane; a mad-house. Tillotson. 2. An insane person; a lunatic; a madman. “Let us get the bedlam to lead him.” Shak.Bĕd'lam, a. p. 119Belonging to or fit for a mad-house. “The bedlam, brainsick duchess.” Shak.Bĕd'lam-ite, n. p. 119An inhabitant of a mad-house; a madman. “Raving bedlamites.” Beattie.Bĕd'-māk/er, n. p. 119One who makes beds.Bĕd'-mōld'ing or Bĕd'-mōuld'ing, n. p. 119(Arch.) The moldings of a cornice immediately below the corona. Oxf. Gloss.Be-dōte', v. t. p. 119To cause to dote; to deceive. [Obs.] Chaucer.Bĕd'ōu-īn, n. p. 119One of a tribe of nomadic Arabs who live in tents, and are scattered over Arabia, Egypt, and other parts of Africa.Bĕd'ōu-īn, a. p. 120Pertaining to the Bedouins.Bĕd'-păn, n. p. 120A pan for warming beds; a warming-pan. [Obs.] Nares. 2. A necessary utensil for the use of a person confined to his bed.Bĕd'-piēce or Bĕd'-plāte, n. p. 120(Mach.) The principal or foundation framing or piece, by which the other parts are supported and held in place; the bed;—called also base-plate and sole-plate.Bēd'-prēss'er, n. p. 120A heavy, lazy fellow. [Obs.] Shak.Be-drăg'gle, v. t. p. 120To soil, as garments which are suffered, in walking, to drag in dirt, mud, &c. Swift.Be-drĕnch', v. t. p. 120To drench; to saturate with moisture; to soak; to wet through. Shak.Bĕd'rid or Bĕd'rid-den, a. p. 120Confined to the bed by age or infirmity. Shak.