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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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BESHREW v.
To curse; to execrate. Beshrew me, but I love her heartily. Shak.
BESPEW v.
To soil or daub with spew; to vomit on.
BESTREW v.
To strew or scatter over; to besprinkle. [Spelt also bestrow.] Milton.
BEWAIL v. 2 definitions
ling; to lament; to wail over. Hath widowed and unchilded many a one, Which to this hour bewail the injury. Shak.
BEWAILABLE a.
Such as may, or ought to, be bewailed; lamentable.
BEWAILER n.
One who bewails or laments.
BEWAILING a.
Wailing over; lamenting. -- Be*wail"ing*ly, adv.
BEWAILMENT n.
The act of bewailing.
BEWAKE v.
To keep watch over; to keep awake. [Obs.] Gower.
BEWARE v. 3 definitions
to take care; -- commonly followed by of or lest before the thing that is to be avoided. Beware of all, but most beware of man ! Pope. Beware the awful avalanche. Longfellow.
BEWASH v.
To drench or souse with water. "Let the maids bewash the men." Herrick.
BEWEEP v. 2 definitions
To weep over; to deplore; to bedew with tears. "His timeless death beweeping." Drayton.
BEWET v.
To wet or moisten. Gay.
BEWHORE v. 2 definitions
To corrupt with regard to chastity; to make a whore of. J. Fletcher.
BEWIG v.
To cover (the head) with a wig. Hawthorne.
BEWILDER v.
lain path; to perplex with mazes; or in general, to perplex or confuse greatly. Lost and bewildered in the fruitless search. Addison.
BEWILDERED a.
Greatly perplexed; as, a bewildered mind.
BEWILDEREDNESS n.
The state of being bewildered; bewilderment. [R.]
BEWILDERING a.
Causing bewilderment or great perplexity; as, bewildering difficulties. -- Be*wil"der*ing*ly, adv.
BEWILDERMENT n. 2 definitions
The state of being bewildered.
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