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besoothe

besoothe verb: to soothe about or all over; comfort.

Verb

besoothe (third-person singular simple present besoothes, present participle besoothing, simple past and past participle besoothed)

  1. (transitive) To soothe about or all over; comfort.
    • Attracting downward some responsive grace Or balm which heal'd him, like the hand of God: Or haply music, (like the lyre of old, Tuned into magic by the sweeping touch Of David, when he charm'd the fiend from Saul,) Besoothed the spirit; till o'er all his frame A lulling softness exquisitely crept...1842, Robert Montgomery, Martin Luther, Luther: or, The spirit of the Reformation
    • Nature then with rapture trembles, Music flows divine along To besoothe our restless feeling By the magic thrill of song.1903, Thomas Ostenson Stine, Echoes from Dreamland

Synonyms of besoothe

Forms of besoothe

third-person singular presentbesoothes
present participlebesoothing
past participlebesoothed
pastbesoothed

Origin of besoothe

From be- + soothe.

Questions about besoothe

What does besoothe mean?
Besoothe means to soothe about or all over; comfort.
What part of speech is besoothe?
Besoothe is a verb.
What is the past tense of besoothe?
The past tense of besoothe is besoothed.

Words near besoothe in the dictionary

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

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