bespin

verb

Etymology

From be- + spin. Cognate with German bespinnen (“to spin over”).

  1. inherited from *(s)penh₁-
  2. inherited from *spinnaną
  3. inherited from spinnan
  4. inherited from spinnen
  5. prefixed as bespin — “be + spin

Definitions

  1. To spin around or about, so as to cover

    To spin around or about, so as to cover; spin all over.

    • Here we still have much of the same authority of great texts bespun and sometimes swamped with glosses and notes, of lecturing that approximates dictation, and grammar which still remains, though dictionaries have come.

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