Emily Dickinson Lexicon

BE-SOT'TED-NESS, n.

Stupidity; arrant folly; infatuation. – Milton.

BE-SOT'TING, ppr.

Infatuating; making sottish or foolish.

BE-SOT'TING-LY, adv.

In a besotting manner.

BE-SOUGHT', [besaut'. pp. of Beseech.]

Entreated; implored; sought by entreaty.

BE-SPAN'GLE, v.t. [be and spangle.]

To adorn with spangles; to dot or sprinkle with something brilliant; as, the heavens be spangled with stars.

BE-SPAN'GLED, pp.

Adorned with spangles or something shining.

BE-SPAN'GLING, ppr.

Adorning with spangles or glittering objects.

BE-SPAT'TER, v.t. [be and spatter.]

1. To soil by spattering; to sprinkle with water, or with dirt and water.
2. To asperse with calumny or reproach. – Swift.

BE-SPAT'TER-ED, pp.

Spattered over; soiled with dirt and water; aspersed; calumniated.

BE-SPAT'TER-ING, ppr.

Spattering with water; soiling with dirt and water; aspersing.

BE-SPAWL', v.t. [be and spawl.]

To soil or make foul with spittle. – Milton.

BE-SPEAK', v.t. [pret. bespoke; pp. bespoke, bespoken. be and speak.]

1. To speak for beforehand; to order or engage against a future time; as, to bespeak a seat in a public coach. My lady is bespoke. – Shak.
2. To forebode; to foretell. They started fears, and bespoke dangers, to scare the allies. – Swift.
3. To speak to; to address. This sense is mostly poetical. He thus the queen bespoke. – Dryden.
4. To betoken; to show; to indicate by external marks or appearances; as, his manners bespeak him a gentleman.

BE-SPEAK'ER, n.

One who bespeaks.

BE-SPEAK'ING, n.

A previous speaking or discourse, by way of apology, or to engage favor. – Dryden.

BE-SPEAK'ING, ppr.

Speaking for or ordering beforehand; foreboding; addressing; showing; indicating.

BE-SPECK'LE, v.t. [be and speckle.]

To mark with speckles or spots. – Milton.

BE-SPICE', v.t. [be and spice.]

To season with spices. – Shak.

BE-SPIRT', or BE-SPURT', v.t.

To spurt out, or over; to throw out in a stream or streams. [Not used.] – Milton.

BE-SPIT', v.t. [pret. bespit; pp. bespit, bespitten. be and spit.]

To daub or soil with spittle. – Johnson.

BE-SPOKE', v. [pret. and pp. of Bespeak.]

BE-SPOT', v.t. [be and spot.]

To mark with spots. – Mortimer.

BE-SPOT'TED, pp.

Marked with spots.

BE-SPOT'TING, ppr.

Marking with spots.

BE-SPREAD', v.t. [bespred'. pret. and pp. bespread. be and spread.]

To spread over; to cover over; us, to bespread with flowers.

BE-SPREAD'ING, ppr.

Spreading over.