Bepinch
(Be*pinch") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bepinched ] To pinch, or mark with pinches. Chapman.
Beplaster
(Be*plas"ter) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beplastered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Beplastering.] To plaster
over; to cover or smear thickly; to bedaub.
Beplastered with rouge.
Goldsmith.
Beplumed
(Be*plumed") a. Decked with feathers.
Bepommel
(Be*pom"mel) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bepommeled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Bepommeling.] To
pommel; to beat, as with a stick; figuratively, to assail or criticise in conversation, or in writing. Thackeray.
Bepowder
(Be*pow"der) v. t. To sprinkle or cover with powder; to powder.
Bepraise
(Be*praise") v. t. To praise greatly or extravagantly. Goldsmith.
Beprose
(Be*prose") v. t. To reduce to prose. [R.] "To beprose all rhyme." Mallet.
Bepuffed
(Be*puffed") a. Puffed; praised. Carlyle.
Bepurple
(Be*pur"ple) v. t. To tinge or dye with a purple color.
Bequeath
(Be*queath") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bequeathed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Bequeathing.] [OE. biquethen,
AS. becweðan to say, affirm, bequeath; pref. be- + cweðan to say, speak. See Quoth.]
1. To give or leave by will; to give by testament; — said especially of personal property.
My heritage, which my dead father did bequeath to me.
Shak.
2. To hand down; to transmit.
To bequeath posterity somewhat to remember it.
Glanvill.
3. To give; to offer; to commit. [Obs.]
To whom, with all submission, on my knee
I do bequeath my faithful services
And true subjection everlastingly.
Shak.
Syn. — To Bequeath, Devise. Both these words denote the giving or disposing of property by will.
Devise, in legal usage, is property used to denote a gift by will of real property, and he to whom it is
given is called the devisee. Bequeath is properly applied to a gift by will or legacy; i. e., of personal
property; the gift is called a legacy, and he who receives it is called a legatee. In popular usage the
word bequeath is sometimes enlarged so as to embrace devise; and it is sometimes so construed by
courts.
Bequeathable
(Be*queath"a*ble) a. Capable of being bequeathed.
Bequeathal
(Be*queath"al) n. The act of bequeathing; bequeathment; bequest. Fuller.
Bequeathment
(Be*queath"ment) n. The act of bequeathing, or the state of being bequeathed; a bequest.
Bequest
(Be*quest") n. [OE. biquest, corrupted fr. bequide; pref. be- + AS. cwide a saying, becweðan
to bequeath. The ending -est is probably due to confusion with quest. See Bequeath, Quest.]
1. The act of bequeathing or leaving by will; as, a bequest of property by A. to B.
2. That which is left by will, esp. personal property; a legacy; also, a gift.
