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besainting

besainting is the present participle and gerund of besaint.

Meaning of besaint

Verb

besaint (third-person singular simple present besaints, present participle besainting, simple past and past participle besainted)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To make a saint of.
    Synonyms:
    canonize

Questions about besainting

What is besainting the present participle and gerund of?
Besainting is the present participle and gerund of besaint.

Words near besainting in the dictionary

  1. besailes
  2. besailing
  3. besails
  4. besaint
  5. besainted
  6. besainting
  7. besaints
  8. Besalan
  9. besalted
  10. besamim
  11. besan

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Adapted from Wiktionary: besainting (page history and authors); besaint (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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