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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

bespice en · VERB

Etymology

From be- + spice.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To season with spice, or with some spicy drug.
    • Ay, and thou, / His cupbearer […] / mightst bespice a cup / To give mine enemy a lasting wink; / Which draught to me were cordial. c. 1610–1611, William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale, act 1, scene 2, lines 312–318:

Forms

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bespicing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
bespices Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
bespiced Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
bespiced Tense=Past lexicographic