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besweat

adj

Etymology

From Middle English beswette, be-swet, bi-swæt, past participle of Middle English bisweten, besweten (“to sweat all over, cover with sweat”), from Old English beswǣtan (“to sweat over, toil”), equivalent to be- + sweat.

  1. derived from beswǣtan — “to sweat over, toil”
  2. derived from bisweten
  3. inherited from beswette

Definitions

  1. Covered with sweat.

    • Besweat with blood, he was the bane Of three bold warriors keen […]

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