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Act of benumbing, or state of being benumbed; torpor. Kirby.

Capable of being bequeathed.

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 besetting, 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.

Utmost; highest endeavor or state; most nearly perfect thing, or being, or action; as, to do one's best; to the best of our ability. At best, in the utmost degree or extent applicable to the case; under the most favorable circumstances; as, life is at best very short. -- For best, finally. [Obs.] "Those constitutions…

The state or quality of being bestial.

The act of betrothing, or the fact of being betrothed; a mutual promise, engagement, or contract for a future marriage between the persons betrothed; betrothment; affiance. "The feast of betrothal." Longfellow.

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

The quality of being better or superior; superiority. [R.] Sir P. Sidney.

The state of being bewildered; bewilderment. [R.]

The state of being bewildered.

The state of being bewitched. Gauden.

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

To expose; to reveal; to disclose; to betray. [Obs. or Archaic] The murder being once done, he is in less fear, and in more hope that the deed shall not be bewrayed or known. Robynson (More's Utopia. ) Thy speech bewrayeth thee. Matt. xxvi. 73.

e game of bowls, or a tendency imparted to the ball, which turns it from a straight line. Being ignorant that there is a concealed bias within the spheroid, which will . . . swerve away. Sir W. Scott.

The quality of being biblical; a biblical subject. [R.]

The state or quality of being big; largeness; size; bulk.

State of being bilateral.