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besmoke

besmoke verb: to fill with smoke; act on with smoke; fumigate.

Verb

besmoke (third-person singular simple present besmokes, present participle besmoking, simple past and past participle besmoked)

  1. (transitive) To fill with smoke; act on with smoke; fumigate.
  2. (transitive) To befoul with smoke.
    • On one side hung a very large oil-painting so thoroughly besmoked, and every way defaced, that in the unequal cross-lights by which you viewed it, it was only by diligent study and a series of systematic visits to it, and careful inquiry of the neighbors, that you could any way arrive at an...1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 3, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 11
  3. (transitive) To harden or dry in smoke.

Forms of besmoke

third-person singular presentbesmokes
present participlebesmoking
past participlebesmoked
pastbesmoked

Origin of besmoke

From Middle English besmoken, equivalent to be- + smoke. Cognate with Dutch besmoken, Middle Low German besmoken.

Questions about besmoke

What does besmoke mean?
Besmoke means to fill with smoke; act on with smoke; fumigate.
What part of speech is besmoke?
Besmoke is a verb.
What is the past tense of besmoke?
The past tense of besmoke is besmoked.

Words near besmoke in the dictionary

  1. besmocked
  2. besmog
  3. besmogged
  4. besmogging
  5. besmogs
  6. besmoke
  7. besmoked
  8. besmokes
  9. besmoking
  10. besmooch
  11. besmooched

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