BEPROSE
Be*prose", v. t.
Defn: To reduce to prose. [R.] "To beprose all rhyme." Mallet.
BEPUFFED
Be*puffed", a.
Defn: Puffed; praised. Carlyle.
BEPURPLE
Be*pur"ple, v. t.
Defn: To tinge or dye with a purple color.
BEQUEATH
Be*queath", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bequeathed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bequeathing.] Etym: [OE. biquethen, AS. becwe to say, affirm,
bequeath; pref. be- + cwe to say, speak. See Quoth.]
1. To give or leave by will; to give by testament; — said especially of personal property. My heritage, which my dead father did bequeath to me. Shak.
2. To hand down; to transmit. To bequeath posterity somewhat to remember it. Glanvill.
3. To give; to offer; to commit. [Obs.] To whom, with all submission, on my knee I do bequeath my faithful services And true subjection everlastingly. Shak.