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BESETMENT n.
ting, or the state of being beset; also, that which besets one, as a sin. "Fearing a besetment." Kane.
BESIEGEMENT n.
The act of besieging, or the state of being besieged. Golding.
BESTOWMENT n. 2 definitions
The act of giving or bestowing; a conferring or bestowal. If we consider this bestowment of gifts in this view. Chauncy.
BETRAYMENT n.
Betrayal. [R.] Udall.
BETROTHMENT n.
The act of betrothing, or the state of being betrothed; betrothal.
BETRUSTMENT n.
The act of intrusting, or the thing intrusted. [Obs.] Chipman.
BETTERMENT n. 2 definitions
A making better; amendment; improvement. W. Montagu.
BEVELMENT n.
The replacement of an edge by two similar planes, equally inclined to the including faces or adjacent planes.
BEWAILMENT n.
The act of bewailing.
BEWILDERMENT n. 2 definitions
A bewildering tangle or confusion. He . . . soon lost all traces of it amid bewilderment of tree trunks and underbrush. Hawthorne.
BEWITCHMENT n. 2 definitions
The act of bewitching, or the state of being bewitched. Tylor.
BEWRAYMENT n.
Betrayal. [R.]
BICKERMENT n.
Contention. [Obs.] Spenser.
BILIMENT n.
A woman's ornament; habiliment. [Obs.]
BISEGMENT n.
One of tow equal parts of a line, or other magnitude.
BLANDISHMENT n.
r kindness, and tending to win the heart; soft words and artful caresses; cajolery; allurement. Cowering low with blandishment. Milton. Attacked by royal smiles, by female blandishments. Macaulay.
BLASTMENT n.
A sudden stroke or injury produced by some destructive cause. [Obs.] Shak.
BLAZONMENT n.
The act or blazoning; blazoning; emblazonment.
BLEMISHMENT n.
The state of being blemished; blemish; disgrace; damage; impairment. For dread of blame and honor's blemishment. Spenser.
BODEMENT n.
omen; a prognostic. [Obs.] This foolish, dreaming, superstitious girl Makes all these bodements. Shak.
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