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bespicing

bespicing is the present participle and gerund of bespice.

Meaning of bespice

Verb

bespice (third-person singular simple present bespices, present participle bespicing, simple past and past participle bespiced)

  1. (transitive) To season with spice, or with some spicy drug.
    • Ay, and thou, / His cupbearer […] / mightst bespice a cup / To give mine enemy a lasting wink; / Which draught to me were cordial.c. 1610–1611, William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale, act 1, scene 2, lines 312–318

Questions about bespicing

What is bespicing the present participle and gerund of?
Bespicing is the present participle and gerund of bespice.

Words near bespicing in the dictionary

  1. bespewing
  2. bespews
  3. bespice
  4. bespiced
  5. bespices
  6. bespicing
  7. bespies
  8. bespin
  9. bespirt
  10. bespirted
  11. bespirting

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