Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beshade

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: be-shade
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To shadow; cast a shadow over.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Light Fumitory, Parsly, Burnet's blade, And winding leafe his crispy Locks beshade: Hee's light and lively, all in Turns and Tricks; In his great Round, hee many small doth mix... ― Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas (translation by Joshua Sylvester, 1633)"

Etymology

From Middle English bischaden, bischadewen, bischadowen, equivalent to be- + shade and/or be- + shadow. Cognate with Saterland Frisian beskaadje (“to shadow”), Dutch beschaduwen (“to shade, shadow”), German beschatten (“to shadow”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: be
Root: bischaden

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

beshades (present, singular) beshading (participle, present) beshaded (participle, past) beshaded (past)

Synonyms

beshadow shade shadow

Questions

What does beshade mean?: To shadow; cast a shadow over.
Where does beshade come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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