bespin
bespin verb: to spin around or about, so as to cover; spin all over.
Verb
bespin (third-person singular simple present bespins, present participle bespinning, simple past and past participle bespun)
- To spin around or about, so as to cover; spin all over.
- Here we still have much of the same authority of great texts bespun and sometimes swamped with glosses and notes, of lecturing that approximates dictation, and grammar which still remains, though dictionaries have come.1916, Granville Stanley Hall, Carl Allanmore Murchison, Journal of genetic psychology
Forms of bespin
| third-person singular present | bespins |
|---|---|
| present participle | bespinning |
| past participle | bespun |
| past | bespun |
Origin of bespin
From be- + spin. Cognate with German bespinnen (“to spin over”).
Questions about bespin
- What does bespin mean?
- Bespin means to spin around or about, so as to cover; spin all over.
- What part of speech is bespin?
- Bespin is a verb.
- What is the past tense of bespin?
- The past tense of bespin is bespun.
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