besmile

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verb

To smile at; give or show a smile to.

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Meanings

verbbesmile (third-person singular simple present besmiles, present participle besmiling, simple past and past participle besmiled)

present singular third person besmiles · participle present besmiling · participle past besmiled · past besmiled

  1. transitiveTo smile at; give or show a smile to.

    "[...] Death's sting he felt, who touched our belt; O Love, didst thou besmile me?"

    1857, Charles Bagot Cayley, Psyche's interludes - Page 92
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    [...] as to whether it would be to allow this matter to pass, as it did in the case of Awrey, without any evidence — simply to besmile it away; [...]

    1885, Ontario. Legislative Assembly, Sessional papers - Legislature of the Province of Ontario

Origin

From be- + smile.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

beslime
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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

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