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beslather

beslather verb: to slather profusely or all over.

Verb

beslather (third-person singular simple present beslathers, present participle beslathering, simple past and past participle beslathered)

  1. (rare, transitive) To slather profusely or all over.
    • Such the royalist beslathers with laudation nigh divine.1890, George Henry Martin, A Song for My Son
    • The writer of said article goes into a panegyric, and beslathers Mr. Taft all over with fulsome praise as if he had said something really worth while, but is silent on the fact that William H. is willing for the great public health interest — [...]1910, Ferdinand Eugene Daniel, Medical Insurance

Forms of beslather

third-person singular presentbeslathers
present participlebeslathering
past participlebeslathered
pastbeslathered

Origin of beslather

From be- (“about, all over”) + slather.

Questions about beslather

What does beslather mean?
Beslather means to slather profusely or all over.
What part of speech is beslather?
Beslather is a verb.
What is the past tense of beslather?
The past tense of beslather is beslathered.

Words near beslather in the dictionary

  1. beslabbering
  2. beslabbers
  3. Beslan
  4. beslap
  5. beslaps
  6. beslather
  7. beslave
  8. beslaved
  9. beslaver
  10. beslavered
  11. beslavering

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