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besonged

besonged adjective: sung to; having a song sung to (one); (by extension) charmed; enchanted.

Adjective

besonged (not comparable)

  1. Sung to; having a song sung to (one); (by extension) charmed; enchanted
    • Poor besonged, besonneted moon! whom the prosiest pen cannot scribble of without trying to invent a bit of original flattery for!1877, Mrs. Forrester, Mignon - Volume 1, page 312
    • A kind of being besonged. I have experienced it as a state of heightened awareness where one possibility after another presents itself like an unfolding path.2010, Melinda Buckwalter, Composing while Dancing

Origin of besonged

From be- + song + -ed.

Questions about besonged

What does besonged mean?
Besonged means sung to; having a song sung to (one); (by extension) charmed; enchanted.
What part of speech is besonged?
Besonged is an adjective.

Words near besonged in the dictionary

  1. besomer
  2. besomers
  3. besoming
  4. besomlike
  5. besoms
  6. besonged
  7. besonian
  8. besonians
  9. besoot
  10. besoothe
  11. besoothed

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