beshield
beshield verb: to shield around or about; protect; defend.
Verb
beshield (third-person singular simple present beshields, present participle beshielding, simple past and past participle beshielded)
- To shield around or about; protect; defend.
- Beshield thee with thy troops; find out at will Fresh instruments of war, and unknown gear; For thou shalt not scape death from this my hand, O slayer of the dames, so brave and grand.1876, Torquato Tasso, The Jerusalem delivered of Yorquato Tasso
- […]that in that same night Olympia might behold the god Hamon lying beside her, and saying to her thereafter, 'Woman, thou hast conceived him who shall beshield thee.2004, Robert Thornton, The Prose Life of Alexander
- To provide or outfit with a shield.
- Our bearers now began to call themselves Natal Kafirs, fearing to say they were Zulus before the young Amaswazi warriors, beplumed, beshielded, bespeared, perched about here and there in picturesque unconsciousness of their picturesqueness.1872, The Net
Forms of beshield
| third-person singular present | beshields |
|---|---|
| present participle | beshielding |
| past participle | beshielded |
| past | beshielded |
Origin of beshield
From Middle English bischilden, from Old English besċyldian, besċieldian (“to shield, defend”); equivalent to be- + shield.
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Questions about beshield
- What does beshield mean?
- Beshield means to shield around or about; protect; defend.
- What part of speech is beshield?
- Beshield is a verb.
- What is the past tense of beshield?
- The past tense of beshield is beshielded.
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