bespice

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verb

To season with spice, or with some spicy drug.

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Meanings

verbbespice (third-person singular simple present bespices, present participle bespicing, simple past and past participle bespiced)

present singular third person bespices · participle present bespicing · participle past bespiced · past bespiced

  1. transitiveTo 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

Origin

From be- + spice.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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