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Definition of Besmile
1. to smile on [v -SMILED, -SMILING, -SMILES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Besmile
Literary usage of Besmile
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Historical Outlines of English Accidence, Comprising Chapters on the History by Richard Morris (1899)
"... besmile = to smile at; bespeak. (4) It forms transitive verbs of adjectives
and substantives. (a) befoul = to affect with foulness; bedim = to make dim ..."
2. Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire Into and Investigate by Ontario Commission to Inquire into and Investigate the Charges of Bribery and Conspiracy (1885)
"... of the Assembly—as to whether it would be to allow this mutter to pas?, as it
id in. the case of Awrey, without a-ry evidence—simply to besmile ..."
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