beselve

beselve verb: to endow with a personhood or self.

Verb

beselve (third-person singular simple present beselves, present participle beselving, simple past and past participle beselved)

(transitive) To endow with a personhood or self.
- One can say "That individual is angry," or "Mr. X is angry," but never "The self is angry." Even though, to be sure, anger involves having a self; it pertains to X as "beselved." We agree with common usage.1968, Mariane L. Simmel, Kurt Goldstein, The Reach of mind: essays in memory of Kurt Goldstein
- The mouth is always available for service; the breast is not. So the anticipation is breastdirected. The beselved body in fact lives more outside its literal Habit.1992, Brian Massumi, A User's Guide to Capitalism and Schizophrenia

Two new words are needed, “enworlded” and “beselved.” To be enworlded is to be beselved.2012, dao nguyen
In Deleuzian terms, the self—beselved body—is a contour map on which are charted the exhilarating lines of desire.2012, Paul C. Martin, The Feminine in the Making of God: Highlighting the Sensible Topography of Divinity:

third-person singular present	beselves
present participle	beselving
past participle	beselved
past	beselved

From be- + selve.

What does beselve mean?: Beselve means to endow with a personhood or self.
How do you use beselve in a sentence?: Two new words are needed, “enworlded” and “beselved.” To be enworlded is to be beselved.
What part of speech is beselve?: Beselve is a verb.
What is the past tense of beselve?: The past tense of beselve is beselved.

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