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befrost

verb

Etymology

From be- (“on, upon, all over”) + frost.

  1. derived from *prews-✻ — “to freeze; frost”
  2. inherited from *frustaz✻
  3. inherited from forst
  4. inherited from frost
  5. formed as befrost — “be- + frost”

Definitions

  1. To place frost upon

    To place frost upon; cover with frost

    • […] The faint wind of your favour, that but for a moment blew, with grief has part befrosted the small sedge of the eaves.
    • Yellow-ochre is the universal colour, and mealy granules befrost the caps (under 1′′ broad) and stems up to their friable, indefinite rings.
    • She came down creeping here to the black arms waiting now to the warm heart waiting rime of alien dreams befrosts her rich brown face She came down creeping […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA