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bespout

bespout verb: to spout about; recite in a pompous or affected manner.

Verb

bespout (third-person singular simple present bespouts, present participle bespouting, simple past and past participle bespouted)

  1. (transitive) To spout about; recite in a pompous or affected manner.
  2. (transitive) To pester with excessive oratory or spouting.

Forms of bespout

third-person singular presentbespouts
present participlebespouting
past participlebespouted
pastbespouted

Origin of bespout

From be- (“about, over”) + spout.

Questions about bespout

What does bespout mean?
Bespout means to spout about; recite in a pompous or affected manner.
What part of speech is bespout?
Bespout is a verb.
What is the past tense of bespout?
The past tense of bespout is bespouted.

Words near bespout in the dictionary

  1. bespotting
  2. bespouse
  3. bespoused
  4. bespouses
  5. bespousing
  6. bespout
  7. bespouted
  8. bespouting
  9. bespouts
  10. bespray
  11. besprayed

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