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besleeve

besleeve verb: to take the sleeves from (a bishop).

Verb

besleeve (third-person singular simple present besleeves, present participle besleeving, simple past and past participle besleeved)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To take the sleeves from (a bishop).

Forms of besleeve

third-person singular presentbesleeves
present participlebesleeving
past participlebesleeved
pastbesleeved

Origin of besleeve

From be- (“off, away”) + sleeve.

Words formed from besleeve

  • besleeving

Questions about besleeve

What does besleeve mean?
Besleeve means to take the sleeves from (a bishop).
What part of speech is besleeve?
Besleeve is a verb.
What is the past tense of besleeve?
The past tense of besleeve is besleeved.

Words near besleeve in the dictionary

  1. beslavering
  2. beslavers
  3. beslaves
  4. beslaving
  5. besleep
  6. besleeve
  7. besleeved
  8. Besler
  9. Beslers
  10. Besley
  11. beslime

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