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bemouths

bemouths is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bemouth.

Meaning of bemouth

Verb

bemouth (third-person singular simple present bemouths, present participle bemouthing, simple past and past participle bemouthed)

  1. (transitive) To mouth the praises of (a person); talk grandiloquently; declaim.
  2. (transitive) To place in the mouth; to put one's mouth on; (by extension) to eat.
    • Entering the hotel they tossed off a glass of wine apiece, bemouthed a cigar, and directed the landlord to provide the best game supper in his power.1841, Miss M. Corbett, The New Happy Week, page 161

Questions about bemouths

What is bemouths the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Bemouths is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bemouth.

Words near bemouths in the dictionary

  1. bemourns
  2. bemoustached
  3. bemouth
  4. bemouthed
  5. bemouthing
  6. bemouths
  7. bemow
  8. bemows
  9. bemoysten
  10. bemoystened
  11. bemoystening

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