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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

beshite en · VERB

Etymology

From Middle English bishiten, bischiten, from Old English besċītan (“to befoul”), from Proto-West Germanic *biskītan, equivalent to be- + shite. Cognate with Scots beschite, German bescheißen, Danish beskide (“to beshit”).

Meanings

  1. (archaic, transitive) To shite all over; befoul with shitting; beshit.
    • At last Skelton awaked, & felt the sheetes all wete; waked his wife, and sayd, What, hast thou beshitten the bed? 1856, John Skelton, Alexander Dyce, The Poetical Works of John Skelton:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
beshitten Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
beshote Tense=Past lexicographic
beshites Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
beshiting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
beshat Tense=Past lexicographic
beshit alternative lexicographic
beshit Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

beshitten