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bemist en · VERB

Etymology

From be- + mist.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To cover or envelop with mist, or as with mist.
   • There are usually some within the visible church, who, being bemisted with error, do not come up to give thorough assent unto all divine truths... 2001, James Ferguson, Exposition of Paul's Epistles:
   • For destroying Gypsy Moth caterpillars in the forests of Yugoslavia, the method of bemisting from the aeroplane with DDT preparations has been applied so far... In the first place, among other defects, the residual effect of the poison in bemisting is very short [...] 1959, International Agricultural Aviation Centre, European Agricultural Aviation Centre, The Hague, Agricultural aviation: Volumes 1-6:

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