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besoot

besoot verb: to soil with soot; blacken with soot; besmut.

Verb

besoot (third-person singular simple present besoots, present participle besooting, simple past and past participle besooted)

  1. (transitive) To soil with soot; blacken with soot; besmut.

Forms of besoot

third-person singular presentbesoots
present participlebesooting
past participlebesooted
pastbesooted

Origin of besoot

From be- (“on, upon, all over”) + soot.

Questions about besoot

What does besoot mean?
Besoot means to soil with soot; blacken with soot; besmut.
What part of speech is besoot?
Besoot is a verb.
What is the past tense of besoot?
The past tense of besoot is besooted.

Words near besoot in the dictionary

  1. besomlike
  2. besoms
  3. besonged
  4. besonian
  5. besonians
  6. besoot
  7. besoothe
  8. besoothed
  9. besoothes
  10. besoothing
  11. besorrow

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