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Show BE R Be'sTIALLY &.f's\ tally ; in a manner below humanity 9o Besti'ck. w. a. preter. I beffuck i adu [fro befiall Bru- i BesTra‘vcuT, particip. [Of this partici have beftuck. [from ftick.] To ftick ever 1' with any thing ; to mark any thing by infixing points or {pots here and there Truth fhall retire Beftuck with fland'rous darts5 and works of fait Milton Rarely to be found ple 1 have not figunq the werd; by ana; perit from beftras logy we may deriv haps it is corrupted from diffraughe. Diftradted; mad out of one's wits ciprocal pronoun Rouze and beflir themfelves ere well awake, Milton Biftirs ber then, and from each tender ftal Whatever earth, all-bearing mother, yields She gathers Bat, as a dog that turns the fpi Biffirs bimfelf; and plies his fee Milton What alleth them, that they muft needs effi themfelves to get in air, to maintain the creature' life Ray 2. It is ufed by Shakefpeare with a commo word I am fcarce in breath, my lord.-No marve you Xave {o beflirred your valour, you cowardl Shakefpeare [befleden, Dutch. 1. To give; to confer upon: commonl upon All men would willingly have yielded hi praifc; but his nature was fuch as to defforv i upor himfelf, before any could give'it Sidney All the dedicated things of the houfe of the Lor 2. Sometimes with zo 2 Chronicles, xxive 7 Sir Julius Ceefar had, in his office, the difpofitio whic fuch perfons as he thought fit he had beftored t 3. To give as charity or bounty Clarendon Our Saviour doth plainly witnefs, that ther thould not be as much as a cup of cold water e Jfowved for his fake, without reward Hooker And though he was unfatisfied in getting Which was a fin; yet in beflowing, madam He was moft princely Shakefpeare Spain to your gift alone her Indies owes For what the pow'rful takes not, he boflows. Dryd You always exceed expeétations: as if your was not your own, but to beflowv on wanting merit 4. To give in marriage « Dryden Good rev'rend father, make my perfon yours And tell me how you would beffows yourfelt, Shak I could have biffozved her upon a fine gentieman, who extremely admired her 5. 'To give as a prefent Tatler Pure oil and incenfe on the five they throw And fat of vi€tims which his friends beflsws Dryd 6. To apply The fea was not the duke of Marlborough' element; otherwife the whole force of the wa would infallibly have been beiwed there Swvift 7+ To lay out upon And thou fhalt beflow that money for whatfoeve thy foul lufteth after, for oxen, fheep, or for wine Deut. xiv. 26 8. Tolay up; toftow; to place And when he came to the Tower, he took the from their hand, and éeffowed them in the houfe 2 Kingsy Ve 24 BESTO'WER 7 /i [from befforv. Giver - -he that confers any thing; dilpofer They all agree in making one fupreme God and that there are feveral beings that are to b wworfhipped under him; fome as the befforers o sthrones, but fubordinate to the Supreme, Srilling fl 1. To firide over any thing; to have an thing between one's legs Why, man, he doth beffride the narrow worl Like a coloffus Shakefpeare Afk his confent to ufe the fea and wind His own weight brings him down again. Hudibras did they beflorv upon Baalim Strid, or befiridden. [from firide. Make him beftride the ocean, and mankin To climb the wheel, but all in vain rafcal Milt To BesTri'DE. v. a. I beftrid; I have ée On duty, fleeping found by whom they dread of the fix clerks piaces So thick beffroawn Abject and loft lay thefe, covering the flood As when men wont to watc fenfes Afk Marian, the fat alewife, if the knew m not, What! I am not beffraught Shake[peare {eldom ufed otherwife than with the re wit out of one' ToBESTRE 'W. w. a. particip. pafl. beffreawed, or beftrown. [from freww.] To {prinIt i kle over To Best1'R. w. a. [from fir. 1. To put into vigorous action B B 2 lloBitepiover Paller That I fee thee here Thou noble thing! more dances my rapt heart Than when I firft my wedded miftrefs fa Beftride my threfhold Shakefpeare 3. It is often ufed, in the confequentia fenfe He beftrides the lazy pacing clouds And fails upon the bofom of the air Shakefpeare Venetians do not more uncouthly ride Than did their lubber ftate mankind beflride. Dryd The bounding fteed you pompoufly befirid Shares with his lord the pleafure and the pride Pope 4. It 1s ufed fometimes ofa man flandin over fomething which he defends: th prefent mode of war has put this fenf out of ufe He befiri An o'erprefs'd Roman, and i' th' conful's vie Slew three oppofers: Tarquin's felf he mat And ftruck him on his knees Shake[peare in the battle, and beftrid me, fo; 'tis a point of friendthip Shakefpeare He doth beffride ableeding land Gafping for life under great Bolingbroke Shak Zo Bestu'p. w. a. [frem fud.] 'T'o ador with /fuds, or fhining prominences Th Would fo emblaz And fo beflud wit Would grow inur' unfought diamond the forchead of the deep ftars, that they belo to light Milton BET. . /. [peobian, to wager; peo, a wa ger, Sax. from which the etymologift derive &er. 1 fhould rather imagine i to come from becan, to mend, increafe or better, as a ber increafes the original wager.] A wager ; fomething lai to be won upon certain conditions The hoary fool, who many day Has ftruggled with continued forrow Renews his hope, and blindly lay The defp'rate bet upon to-morrow His pride was in piqueite Newmarket fame, and judgment at a bets 7o BeT. . a. [from the noun. ger; to ftake at a wager He dre Gaun love a good bow him well an Prior Pope To wa dead and betted muc Joh o upon hi head Shatkefpeare He flies the court for want of clothes Cries out *gainft cocking, fince he cannot ber Ben Fonfon The god, unhappily engag'd Complain'd and figh'd He ftaid for a better hour, till the hammer ha Bacon wrought and Jet the party more pliant 75 BET A'KE. w. a. preter. I betook 5 part pafl. betaken. [from take. 1. To take; to feize: an obfolete fenfe to hig hands that writ he did betake The Spenfer Which he difclofing read 2. 'T'o have recourfe to: with the reciproeal pronoun The adverfe party betaking itfelf to fuch practices as men embrace, when they behold thing Hooker brought to defperate extremities Thou tyrant Do not repent thefe things; for they are heavie Than all thy woes can ftir: therefore betake the Shakefpeare To nothing but defpair The reft, in imitation, to like arm Betook them, and the neighbouring hills up tore Hilton 3. To apply: with the reciprocal pronoun With cafe. fuch fond chimeras we purfue As fancy frames for fancy to fubdue But when ourfelves to ation we betake It thuns the mint, like gold that chymifts make Dryden As my obfervations have been the light whereby I have fteered my courfe, fo I betake myfelf t Wosdward them again Soft the withdrew; and, like a wood nymph light That horfe, that thou fo often haft beftrid That horfe, that I fo carefully have drefs'd.. Shak dow ‘The old preterite of beat 4. To move ; to remove for to ride omn If thou fee m Betr and cry'd Loft every carthly thing he éefted and fretted Prior Oread or Dryad, or of Delia's train Milton Betook ber to the groves They both berock them feveral ways Milton Both to deftroy 7o BETE'EM. @. a. [from teem.] To brin forth; to beftow ; to give So would I, faid th® enchanter, glad and fai Beteem to you his fword, you to defend But that this weapon's pow'r I well have ken'd To be contrary to the work that ye intend. FairyQ Rain which I could wel Beteem them from the tempeft of mine eyes. Shak Zo Berui'vnk. . a. Ibethought; I hav bethought. [from think.] To recal to refle&tion ; to bring back to confideration o recollettion It is generall ufed with the reciprocal pronoun of before the {ubjett of thought an They were fooner in danger than they could al Sidrey moflt betkink themfelves of change I have bethought me of another fault. Shakejp 1, better bethinking myfelfy and mifliking hi determination, gave him this order Raleigh He himfelf Infatiable of glory, had Joft all Yet of another plea bethought him foon Milton The nets were laid, yet the birds could neve bethink themfelves, till hampered, and paft recovery L Eftrange Cherippus, then in time yourfelf bethink And what your rags will yield by auction fink. Dryd A little confideration may allay his heat, an malke him betbink bimfelf, whether this attempt b worth the venture Lacke BE"THLEHEM. 7. /. [See BepLrawm. An hofpital for lunaticks Be'rHLEHEMITE. . /. [See Bepram1TE.] A lunatick; an inhabitant o a madhoufe BerHo'UGHT. particip. [from bethink which fee. 7o BETHRA'L. w. a. [from thrall.] " T enflave ; to conquer; to bring into fub jettion Ne let that wicked woman *fcape away For fhe it is that did my dord bethral Shitkefperre 7o Beruv'MP. v. a. [from thump.] 'T beat 5 to lay blows upon : a ludicrou word Aas I wa |
