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bejesuit

UK/bɪˈdʒɛz.ju.ɪt/

bejesuit verb: to subject (someone) to Jesuits or Jesuit belief.

Verb

bejesuit (third-person singular simple present bejesuits, present participle bejesuiting, simple past and past participle bejesuited)

  1. (rare, transitive) To subject (someone) to Jesuits or Jesuit belief.
    • who hath so bejesuited us that we should trouble that man with asking licence to doe so worthy a deed?1644, John Milton, Areopagitica

Forms of bejesuit

third-person singular presentbejesuits
present participlebejesuiting
past participlebejesuited
pastbejesuited

Origin of bejesuit

From be- + Jesuit.

Questions about bejesuit

What does bejesuit mean?
Bejesuit means to subject (someone) to Jesuits or Jesuit belief.
What part of speech is bejesuit?
Bejesuit is a verb.
How do you pronounce bejesuit?
Bejesuit is pronounced /bɪˈdʒɛz.ju.ɪt/ (UK).
What is the past tense of bejesuit?
The past tense of bejesuit is bejesuited.

Words near bejesuit in the dictionary

  1. bejeepers
  2. bejeesus
  3. bejeezles
  4. bejeezus
  5. bejel
  6. bejesuit
  7. bejesuited
  8. bejesuiting
  9. bejesuits
  10. bejesus
  11. bejewel

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