besmoke

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verb

To fill with smoke; act on with smoke; fumigate.

OriginMiddle English besmoken →
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Meanings

verbbesmoke (third-person singular simple present besmokes, present participle besmoking, simple past and past participle besmoked)

present singular third person besmokes · participle present besmoking · participle past besmoked · past besmoked

  1. transitiveTo fill with smoke; act on with smoke; fumigate.
  2. transitiveTo befoul with smoke.
    1 more example

    On one side hung a very large oil-painting so thoroughly besmoked, and every way defaced, that in the unequal cross-lights by which you viewed it, it was only by diligent study and a series of systematic visits to it, and careful inquiry of the neighbors, that you could any way arrive at an understanding of its purpose.

    1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 3, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 11
  3. transitiveTo harden or dry in smoke.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishbesmoken
  2. Englishbesmoke

From Middle English besmoken, equivalent to be- + smoke. Cognate with Dutch besmoken, Middle Low German besmoken.

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APA

besmoke. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/besmoke

MLA

“besmoke.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/besmoke. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “besmoke,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/besmoke.

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