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besoil

besoil verb: to cover with or as with soil; stain; sully.

Verb

besoil (third-person singular simple present besoils, present participle besoiling, simple past and past participle besoiled)

  1. (transitive) To cover with or as with soil; stain; sully.

Forms of besoil

third-person singular presentbesoils
present participlebesoiling
past participlebesoiled
pastbesoiled

Origin of besoil

From Middle English bisoilen, bisuilen, equivalent to be- + soil.

Questions about besoil

What does besoil mean?
Besoil means to cover with or as with soil; stain; sully.
What part of speech is besoil?
Besoil is a verb.
What is the past tense of besoil?
The past tense of besoil is besoiled.

Words near besoil in the dictionary

  1. besnuff
  2. beso negro
  3. besocked
  4. besognio
  5. besognios
  6. besoil
  7. besom
  8. besom pocket
  9. besom pockets
  10. besom-head
  11. besom-heads

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