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The act of bequeathing, or the state of being bequeathed; a bequest.

The state of being bereaved; deprivation; esp., the loss of a relative by death.

The act of beseeching or entreating earnestly. [R.] Goodwin.

ting, or the state of being beset; also, that which besets one, as a sin. "Fearing a besetment." Kane.

The act of besieging, or the state of being besieged. Golding.

The act of giving or bestowing; a conferring or bestowal. If we consider this bestowment of gifts in this view. Chauncy.

Betrayal. [R.] Udall.

The act of betrothing, or the state of being betrothed; betrothal.

The act of intrusting, or the thing intrusted. [Obs.] Chipman.

A making better; amendment; improvement. W. Montagu.

The replacement of an edge by two similar planes, equally inclined to the including faces or adjacent planes.

The act of bewailing.

A bewildering tangle or confusion. He . . . soon lost all traces of it amid bewilderment of tree trunks and underbrush. Hawthorne.

The act of bewitching, or the state of being bewitched. Tylor.

Betrayal. [R.]

Contention. [Obs.] Spenser.

A woman's ornament; habiliment. [Obs.]

See Bimonthly, a. [Obs. or R.]

One of tow equal parts of a line, or other magnitude.

al product in many places, as on the shores of the Dead and Caspian Seas. It is used in cements, in the construction of pavements, etc. See Asphalt.