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besinge

besinge verb: to singe about or all over.

Verb

besinge (third-person singular simple present besinges, present participle besingeing or besinging, simple past and past participle besinged)

  1. (transitive) To singe about or all over.
    • All sainct confederations infringed, / And for light cause would prince with prince enquarrel; / Countries bestreamed with blood, with fire besinged […]1838, Robert Southey, The poetical works

Forms of besinge

third-person singular presentbesinges
present participlebesingeing
present participlebesinging
past participlebesinged
pastbesinged

Origin of besinge

From Middle English bisengen, bezengen, from Old English besenġan (“to singe, burn”), equivalent to be- + singe.

Questions about besinge

What does besinge mean?
Besinge means to singe about or all over.
What part of speech is besinge?
Besinge is a verb.
What is the past tense of besinge?
The past tense of besinge is besinged.

Words near besinge in the dictionary

  1. besilates
  2. besilesomab
  3. besilked
  4. besilver
  5. besing
  6. besinge
  7. besingeing
  8. besinging
  9. besings
  10. besipirdine
  11. besique

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