besweeten

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UK/bɪˈswiːtn̩/

verb

Sublimely sweeten.

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Meanings

verbbesweeten (third-person singular simple present besweetens, present participle besweetening, simple past and past participle besweetened or (obsolete) besweetned)

present singular third person besweetens · participle present besweetening · participle past besweetened · past besweetened · obsolete participle past besweetned · obsolete past besweetned

  1. literaryrareSublimely sweeten.

    A pure ſeed-Pearle of Infant dew, // Brought and beſweetned in a blew // And pregnant violet; […]

    1648, Robert Herrick, Hesperides (1969 reprint, Scolar Press facsimiles), “Oberon’s Feast”, lines 15–17 (pages 136–137)

Origin

From be- + sweeten.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with besweeten

beateneatenwheatonKeatonunbeatenEtonsweetenwheatenCretanheatenorvietan
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Cite this entry
APA

besweeten. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/besweeten

MLA

“besweeten.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/besweeten. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “besweeten,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/besweeten.

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