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beshine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
beshine
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To shine around or upon.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

verb

To give light to.

Transitive verb

Etymology

From Middle English beshinen, beschinen, from Old English besċīnan (“to shine upon, light up, illuminate”), from Proto-Germanic *biskīnaną (“to shine upon”), equivalent to be- + shine. Cognate with Dutch beschijnen (“to shine upon”), German bescheinen (“to shine upon”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Prefix: be
  • Root: beshinen, besċīnan, *biskīnaną

Usage

Inflected Forms

beshines (present, singular) beshining (participle, present) beshone (participle, past) beshone (past)

Questions

What does beshine mean?
To shine around or upon.
Where does beshine come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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