beshade

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verb

To shadow; cast a shadow over.

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beshadowshadeshadow
OriginMiddle English bischaden →
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Meanings

verbbeshade (third-person singular simple present beshades, present participle beshading, simple past and past participle beshaded)

present singular third person beshades · participle present beshading · participle past beshaded · past beshaded

  1. transitiveTo shadow; cast a shadow over.

    Light Fumitory, Parsly, Burnet's blade, And winding leafe his crispy Locks beshade: Hee's light and lively, all in Turns and Tricks; In his great Round, hee many small doth mix... ― Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas (translation by Joshua Sylvester, 1633)

    Synonyms: beshadow, shade, shadow

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo shadow; cast a shadow over.

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beshadowshadeshadow
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beshadow

Origin

  1. Middle Englishbischaden
  2. Englishbeshade

From Middle English bischaden, bischadewen, bischadowen, equivalent to be- + shade and/or be- + shadow. Cognate with Saterland Frisian beskaadje (“to shadow”), Dutch beschaduwen (“to shade, shadow”), German beschatten (“to shadow”).

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APA

beshade. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beshade

MLA

“beshade.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beshade. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beshade,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beshade.

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