besweat

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adjective

Covered with sweat.

OriginMiddle English beswette ← Old English beswǣtan →
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Meanings

adjectivebesweat (comparative more besweat, superlative most besweat)

comparative more besweat · superlative most besweat

  1. archaicCovered with sweat.

    Besweat with blood, he was the bane Of three bold warriors keen […]

    1928, Margaret Schlauch, Medieval Narrative, page 68

Origin

  1. Old Englishbeswǣtan“to sweat over, toil”
  2. Middle Englishbisweten
  3. Middle Englishbeswette
  4. Englishbesweat

From Middle English beswette, be-swet, bi-swæt, past participle of Middle English bisweten, besweten (“to sweat all over, cover with sweat”), from Old English beswǣtan (“to sweat over, toil”), equivalent to be- + sweat.

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Anagrams

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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