BELOVED — BEQUEATHED

BELOVED — BEQUEATHED NWAD BELOVED.1

BELOVED, ppr. [be and loved, from love. Belove, as a verb, is not used.] NWAD BELOVED.1

Loved; greatly loved; dear to the heart. NWAD BELOVED.2

BELOW, prep. [be and low] Under in place; beneath; not so high; as, below the moon; below the knee. NWAD BELOW.1

1. Inferior in rank, excellence or dignity. NWAD BELOW.2

2. Unworthy of; unbefitting. NWAD BELOW.3

BELOW, adv. In a lower place, with respect to any object; as, the heavens above and the earth below. NWAD BELOW.4

1. On the earth, as opposed to the heavens. NWAD BELOW.5

The fairest child of Jove below. NWAD BELOW.6

2. In hell, or the region of the dead; as the realms below. NWAD BELOW.7

3. In a court of inferior jurisdiction; as, at the trial below. NWAD BELOW.8

BELOWT, v.t. [See Lout.] To treat with contemptuous language. [Not in use.] NWAD BELOWT.1

BELSWAGGER, n. A lewd man. NWAD BELSWAGGER.1

BELT, n. [L. balteus.] NWAD BELT.1

1. A girdle; a band, usually of leather, in which a sword or other weapon is hung. NWAD BELT.2

2. A narrow passage, or strait between the isle of Zealand and that of Funen at the entrance of the Baltic, usually called the Great Belt. The Lesser Belt is the passage between the isle of Funen, and the coast of Jutland. NWAD BELT.3

3. A bandage or band used by surgeons for various purposes. NWAD BELT.4

4. In astronomy, certain girdles or rings, which surround the planet Jupiter, are called belts. NWAD BELT.5

5. A disease among sheep, cured by cutting off the tail, laying the sore bare, then casting mold on it, and applying tar and goose grease. NWAD BELT.6

BELT, v.t. To encircle. NWAD BELT.7

BELUGA, n. A fish of the cetaceous order, and genus Delphinus, from 12 to 18 feet in length. The tail is divided into two lobes, lying horizontally, and there is no dorsal fin. In swimming, this fish bends its tail under its body like a lobster, and thrusts itself along with the rapidity of an arrow. This fish is found in the arctic seas and rivers, and is caught for its oil and its skin. NWAD BELUGA.1

BELVIDERE, n. [L. bellus, fine and video, to see.] NWAD BELVIDERE.1

1. A plant, a species of chenopodium, goosefoot or wild orach, called scoparia or annual mock cypress. It is of a beautiful pyramidical form, and much esteemed in China, as a salad, and for other uses. NWAD BELVIDERE.2

2. In Italian architecture, a pavilion on the top of an edifice; an artificial eminence in a garden. NWAD BELVIDERE.3

BELYE. [See Belie.] NWAD BELYE.1

BEMA, n. A chancel. [Not in use.] NWAD BEMA.1

1. In ancient Greece, a state or kind of pulpit, on which speakers stood when addressing an assembly. NWAD BEMA.2

BEMADv.t. [be and mad.] to make mad. [Not in use.] NWAD BEMAD.1

BEMANGLE, v.t. [be and mangle.] To mangle; to tear asunder. [Little used.] NWAD BEMANGLE.1

BEMASK, v.t. [be and mask.] To mask; to conceal. NWAD BEMASK.1

BEMAZE, v.t. To bewilder. [See Maze.] [Little used.] NWAD BEMAZE.1

BEMETE, v.t. [be and mete.] To measure. [Not in use.] NWAD BEMETE.1

BEMINGLE, v.t. [be and mingle.] To mingle; to mix. [Little used.] NWAD BEMINGLE.1

BEMIRE, v.t. [be and mire.] To drag or incumber in the mire; to soil by passing through mud or dirty places. NWAD BEMIRE.1

BEMIST, v.t. [be and mist.] To cover or involve in mist. [Not used.] NWAD BEMIST.1

BEMOAN, v.t. [be and moan.] To lament; to bewail; to express sorrow for; as, to bemoan the loss of a son. NWAD BEMOAN.1

BEMOANABLE, a. That may be lamented. [Not used.] NWAD BEMOANABLE.1

BEMOANED, pp. Lamented; bewailed. NWAD BEMOANED.1

BEMOANER, n. One who laments. NWAD BEMOANER.1

BEMOANING, ppr. Lamenting; bewailing. NWAD BEMOANING.1

BEMOCK, v.t. [be and mock.] To treat with mockery. [Little used.] NWAD BEMOCK.1

BEMOCK, v.i. To laugh at. NWAD BEMOCK.2

BEMOIL, v.t. [be and moil.] To bedraggle; to bemire; to soil or incumber with mire and dirt. [Not in use.] NWAD BEMOIL.1

BEMOL, n. In music, a half note. NWAD BEMOL.1

BEMONSTER, v.t. [be and monster.] To make monstrous. [Not in use.] NWAD BEMONSTER.1

BEMOURN, v.t. To weep or mourn over. [Little used.] NWAD BEMOURN.1

BEMUSED, a. [be and muse.] Overcome with musing; dreaming; a word of contempt. NWAD BEMUSED.1

BEN or BEN-NUT, n. A purgative fruit or nut, the largest of which resembles a filbert, yielding an oil used in pharmacy. NWAD BEN.1

BENCH, n. NWAD BENCH.1

1. A long seat, usually of board or plank, differing from a stool in its greater length. NWAD BENCH.2

2. The seat where judges sit in court; the seat of justice. Hence, NWAD BENCH.3

3. The persons who sit as judges; the court. NWAD BENCH.4

Free bench, in England, the estate in copy hold lands, which the wife, being espoused a virgin, has for her dower, after the decease of her husband. This is various in different manors, according to their respective customs. NWAD BENCH.5

King’s Bench, in England, a court in which the king formerly sat in person, and which accompanied his household. The court consists of the Lord Chief Justice, and three other justices, who have jurisdiction over all matters of a criminal or public nature. It has a crown side and a plea side; the former determining criminal, the latter, civil causes. NWAD BENCH.6

BENCH, v.t. To furnish with benches. NWAD BENCH.7

1. To seat on a bench. NWAD BENCH.8

2. v.i. To sit on a seat of justice. NWAD BENCH.9

BENCHER, n. In England, the benchers in the inns of court, are the senior members of the society who have the government of it. They have been readers, and being admitted to please within the bar, are called inner barristers. They annually elect a treasurer. NWAD BENCHER.1

1. The alderman of a corporation. NWAD BENCHER.2

2. A judge. NWAD BENCHER.3

BEND, [L. pando, pandare, to bend in; pando, pandere, to open; pandus, bent, crooked] NWAD BEND.1

1. To strain, or to crook by straining; as, to bend a bow. NWAD BEND.2

2. To crook; to make crooked; to curve; to inflect; as, to bend the arm. NWAD BEND.3

3. To direct to a certain point; as, to bend our steps or course to a particular place. NWAD BEND.4

4. To exert; to apply closely; to exercise laboriously; to intend or stretch; as, to bend the mind to study. NWAD BEND.5

5. To prepare or put in order for use; to stretch or strain. NWAD BEND.6

He hath bent his bow and made it ready. Psalm 7:12. NWAD BEND.7

6. To incline; to be determined; that is, to stretch towards, or cause to tend; as, to be bent on mischief. NWAD BEND.8

7. To subdue; to cause to yield; to make submissive; as, to bend a man to our will. NWAD BEND.9

8. In seamanship, to fasten, as one rope to another or to an anchor; to fasten, as a sail to its yard or stay; to fasten, as a cable to the ring of an anchor. NWAD BEND.10

9. To bend the brow, is to knit the brow; to scowl; to frown. NWAD BEND.11

BEND, v.i. To be crooked; to crook, or be curving. NWAD BEND.12

1. To incline; to lean or turn; as, a road bends to the west. NWAD BEND.13

2. To jut over; as a bending cliff. NWAD BEND.14

3. To resolve, or determine. [See Bent on.] NWAD BEND.15

4. To bow or be submissive. Isaiah 60:14. NWAD BEND.16

BEND, n. A curve; a crook; a turn in a road or river; flexure; incurvation. NWAD BEND.17

1. In marine language, that part of a rope which is fastened to another or to an anchor. [See To bend. No. 8.] NWAD BEND.18

2. Bends of a ship, are the thickest and strongest planks in her sides, more generally called wales. They are reckoned from the water, first, second or third bend. They have the beams, knees, and foot hooks bolted to them, and are the chief strength of the ship’s sides. NWAD BEND.19

3. In heraldry, one of the nine honorable ordinaries, containing a third part of the field, when charged, and a fifth, when plain. It is made by two lines drawn across from the dexter chief, to the sinister base point. It sometimes is indented, ingrained, etc. NWAD BEND.20

BEND, n. A band. [Not in use.] NWAD BEND.21

BENDABLE, a. That may be bent or incurvated. NWAD BENDABLE.1

BENDED, BENT, pp. Strained; incurvated; made crooked; inclined; subdued. NWAD BENDED.1

BENDER, n. The person who bends, or makes crooked; also, an instrument for bending other things. NWAD BENDER.1

BENDING, ppr. Incurvating; forming into a curve; stooping subduing; turning as a road or river; inclining; leaning; applying closely, as the mind; fastening. NWAD BENDING.1

BENDLET, n. In heraldry, a little bend, which occupies a sixth part of a shield. NWAD BENDLET.1

BEND-WITH, n. A plant. NWAD BEND-WITH.1

BENDY, n. In heraldry, the field divided into four, six or more parts, diagonally, and varying in metal and color. NWAD BENDY.1

BENE, n. ben’y. The popular name of the sesamum orientale, called in the West Indies vangloe, an African plant. NWAD BENE.1

BENEAPED, NEAPED, a. [be and neap.] Among seamen, a ship is beneaped, when the water does not flow high enough to float her from a dock or over a bar. NWAD BENEAPED.1

BENEATH, prep. NWAD BENEATH.1

1. Under; lower in place, with something directly over or on, as to place a cushion beneath one; often with the sense of pressure or oppression, as to sink beneath a burden, in a literal sense. NWAD BENEATH.2

2. Under, in a figurative sense; bearing heavy impositions, as taxes, or oppressive government. NWAD BENEATH.3

Our country sinks beneath the yoke. NWAD BENEATH.4

3. Lower in rank, dignity or excellence; as, brutes are beneath man;; man is beneath angels, in the seale of beings. NWAD BENEATH.5

4. Unworthy of; unbecoming; not equal to; as, he will do nothing beneath his station or character. NWAD BENEATH.6

BENEATH, adv. In a lower place; as, the earth from beneath will be barren. NWAD BENEATH.7

1. Below, as opposed to heaven, or to any superior region; as, in heaven above, or in earth beneath. NWAD BENEATH.8

BENEDICT, a. [L. benedictus.] Having mild and salubrious qualities. [Not in use.] NWAD BENEDICT.1

BENEDICTINE, a. Pertaining to the order or monks of St. Benedict, or St. Benet. NWAD BENEDICTINE.1

BENEDICTINES, n. An order of monks, who profess to follow the rules of St. Benedict; an order of great celebrity. They wear a loose black gown, with large wide sleeves, and a cowl on the head, ending in a point. In the canon law, they are called black friars. NWAD BENEDICTINES.1

BENEDICTION, n. [L. benedictio, from bene, well, and dictio, speaking. See Boon and Diction.] NWAD BENEDICTION.1

1. The act of blessing; a giving praise to God or rendering thanks for his favors; a blessing pronounced; hence grace before and after meals. NWAD BENEDICTION.2

2. Blessing, prayer, or kind wishes, uttered in favor of any person or thing; a solemn or affectionate invocation of happiness; thanks; expression of gratitude. NWAD BENEDICTION.3

3. The advantage conferred by blessing. NWAD BENEDICTION.4

4. The form of instituting an abbot, answering to the consecration of a bishop. NWAD BENEDICTION.5

5. The external ceremony performed by a priest in the office of matrimony is called the nuptial benediction. NWAD BENEDICTION.6

6. In the Romish Church, an ecclesiastical ceremony by which a thing is rendered sacred or venerable. NWAD BENEDICTION.7

BENEFACTION, n. [L. benefacio, of bene, well, and facio, to make or do.] NWAD BENEFACTION.1

1. The act of conferring a benefit. NWAD BENEFACTION.2

More generally, NWAD BENEFACTION.3

2. A benefit conferred, especially a charitable donation. NWAD BENEFACTION.4

BENEFACTOR, n. He who confers a benefit, especially one who makes charitable contributions either for public institutions or for private use. NWAD BENEFACTOR.1

BENEFACTRESS, n. A female who confers a benefit. NWAD BENEFACTRESS.1

BENEFICE, n. [L. beneficium.] NWAD BENEFICE.1

1. Literally, a benefit, advantage or kindness. But in present usage, en ecclesiastical living; a church endowed with a revenue, for the maintenance of divine service, or the revenue itself. All church preferments are called benefices, except bishoprics, which are called dignities. But ordinarily, the term dignity is applied to bishoprics, deaneries, arch-deaconries, and prebendaries; and benefice, to parsonages, vicarages, and donatives. NWAD BENEFICE.2

2. In the middle ages, benefice was used for a fee, or an estate in lands, granted at first for like only, and held ex mero beneficio of the donor. The estate afterwards becoming hereditary, took the appellation of feud, and benefice became appropriated to church livings. NWAD BENEFICE.3

BENEFICED, a. Possessed of a benefice or church preferment. NWAD BENEFICED.1

BENEFICELESS, a. Having no benefice. [Not used.] NWAD BENEFICELESS.1

BENEFICENCE, n. [L. beneficentia, from the participle of benefacio.] The practice of doing good; active goodness, kindness, or charity. NWAD BENEFICENCE.1

BENEFICENT, a. Doing good; performing acts of kindness and charity. It differs from benign, as the act from the disposition; beneficence being benignity or kindness exerted in action. NWAD BENEFICENT.1

BENEFICENTLY, adv. In a beneficent manner. NWAD BENEFICENTLY.1

BENEFICIAL, a. Advantageous; conferring benefits; useful; profitable; helpful; contributing to a valuable end; followed by to; as, industry is beneficial to the body, as well as to the property. NWAD BENEFICIAL.1

1. Receiving or entitled to have or receive advantage, use or benefit; as the beneficial owner of an estate. NWAD BENEFICIAL.2

BENEFICIALLY, adv. Advantageously; profitably; helpfully. NWAD BENEFICIALLY.1

BENEFICIALNESS, n. Usefulness; profitableness. NWAD BENEFICIALNESS.1

BENEFICIARY, a. [L. beneficiarius. See Benefaction.] NWAD BENEFICIARY.1

Holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; having a dependent and secondary possession. NWAD BENEFICIARY.2

BENEFICIARY, n. One who holds a benefice. A beneficiary is not the proprietor of the revenues of his church; but he has the administration of them, without being accountable to any person. The word was used, in the middle ages, for a feudatory, or vassal. NWAD BENEFICIARY.3

1. One who receives any thing as a gift, or is maintained by charity. NWAD BENEFICIARY.4

BENEFICIENCY, n. Kindness or favor bestowed. NWAD BENEFICIENCY.1

BENEFICIENT, a. Doing good. NWAD BENEFICIENT.1

BENEFIT, n. [Primarily from L. beneficium, or benefactum.] NWAD BENEFIT.1

1. An act of kindness; a favor conferred. NWAD BENEFIT.2

Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. Psalm 103:2. NWAD BENEFIT.3

2. Advantage; profit; a word of extensive use, and expressing whatever contributes to promote prosperity and personal happiness, or add value to property. NWAD BENEFIT.4

Men have no right to what is not for their benefit. NWAD BENEFIT.5

3. In law, benefit of clergy. [See Clergy.] NWAD BENEFIT.6

BENEFIT, v.t. To do good to; to advantage; to advance in health, or prosperity; applied either to persons or things; as, exercise benefits health; trade benefits a nation. NWAD BENEFIT.7

BENEFIT, v.i. To gain advantage; to make improvement; as, he has benefited by good advice; that is, he has been benefited. NWAD BENEFIT.8

BENEFITED, pp. Profited; having received benefit. NWAD BENEFITED.1

BENEFITING, ppr. Doing good to; profiting; gaining advantage. NWAD BENEFITING.1

BENEME, v.t. To name. [Not in use.] NWAD BENEME.1

1. To promise; to give. [Not in use.] NWAD BENEME.2

BENEMPNE, v.t. To name. [Not in use.] NWAD BENEMPNE.1

BENEPLACITURE, n. [L. beneplacitum, bene, well, and placitum, from placeo, to please.] NWAD BENEPLACITURE.1

Will; choice. [Not in use.] NWAD BENEPLACITURE.2

BENET, v.t. [be and net.] To catch in a net; to ensnare. [Not used.] NWAD BENET.1

BENEVOLENCE, n. [L. benevolentia, of bene, well and volo, to will or wish. See Will.] NWAD BENEVOLENCE.1

1. The disposition to do good; good will; kindness; charitableness; the love, of mankind, accompanied with a desire to promote their happiness. NWAD BENEVOLENCE.2

The benevolence of God is one of his moral attributes; that attribute which delights in the happiness of intelligent beings. “God is love.” 1 John 4:8, 16. NWAD BENEVOLENCE.3

2. An act of kindness; good done; charity given. NWAD BENEVOLENCE.4

3. A species of contribution or tax illegally exacted by arbitrary kings of England. NWAD BENEVOLENCE.5

BENEVOLENT, a. [L. benevolens, of bene and volo.] NWAD BENEVOLENT.1

Having a disposition to do good; possessing love to mankind, and a desire to promote their prosperity and happiness; kind. NWAD BENEVOLENT.2

BENEVOLENTLY, adv. In a kind manner; with good will. NWAD BENEVOLENTLY.1

BENGAL, n. A thin stuff made of silk and hair, for women’s apparel, so called from Bengal in the E. Indies. NWAD BENGAL.1

BENGALEE, n. The language or dialect spoken in Bengal. NWAD BENGALEE.1

BENGALESE, n. sing. and plu. A native or the natives of Bengal. As. Res. 7.171. NWAD BENGALESE.1

BENIGHT, v.t. [be and night.] To involve in darkness; to shroud with the shades of night. NWAD BENIGHT.1

The clouds benight the sky. NWAD BENIGHT.2

1. To overtake with night; as a benighted traveler. NWAD BENIGHT.3

2. To involve in moral darkness, or ignorance; to debar from intellectual light; as benighted nations, or heathen. NWAD BENIGHT.4

BENIGHTED, pp. Involved in darkness, physical or moral; overtaken by the night. NWAD BENIGHTED.1

BENIGN, a. beni’ne. [L. benignus, from the same root, as bonus, bene, ancient L. benus, Eng. boon.] NWAD BENIGN.1

1. Kind; of a kind disposition; gracious; favorable. NWAD BENIGN.2

Our Creator, bounteous and benign. NWAD BENIGN.3

2. Generous; liberal; as a benign benefactor. NWAD BENIGN.4

3. Favorable; having a salutary influence; as the benign aspect of the seasons. NWAD BENIGN.5

The benign light of revelation. NWAD BENIGN.6

4. Wholesome; not pernicious; as a benign medicine. NWAD BENIGN.7

5. Favorable; not malignant; as a benign disease. NWAD BENIGN.8

BENIGNANT, a. Kind; gracious; favorable. NWAD BENIGNANT.1

BENIGNITY, n. Goodness of disposition or heart; kindness of nature; graciousness. NWAD BENIGNITY.1

1. Actual goodness; beneficence. NWAD BENIGNITY.2

2. Salubrity; wholesome quality; or that which tends to promote health. NWAD BENIGNITY.3

BENIGNLY, adv. beni’nely. Favorably;; kindly; graciously. NWAD BENIGNLY.1

BENISON, n. s as z. Blessing; benediction. [Nearly antiquated.] NWAD BENISON.1

BENJAMIN, n. A tree, the Laurus Benzoin, a native of America, called also spicebush. It grows to the height of 15 or 20 feet, with a very branchy head. NWAD BENJAMIN.1

1. A gum or resin, or rather a balsam. [See Benzoin.] NWAD BENJAMIN.2

BENNET, n. The herb bennet, or avens, known in botany by the generic term Geum. NWAD BENNET.1

BENNET FISH, n. A fish of two feet in length, caught in the African seas, having scales of a deep purple, streaked with gold. NWAD BENNET_FISH.1

BENT, pp. of bend. Incurvated; inflected; inclined; prone to or having a fixed propensity; determined. NWAD BENT.1

Bent on, having a fixed inclination; resolved or determined on. NWAD BENT.2

BENT, n. The state of being curving, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity. NWAD BENT.3

1. Declivity; as the bent of a hill. [Unusual.] NWAD BENT.4

2. Inclination; disposition; a leaning or bias of mind; propensity; as the bent of the mind or will; the bent of a people towards an object. This may be natural or artificial, occasional or habitual, with indefinite degrees of strength. NWAD BENT.5

3. Flexion; tendency; particular direction; as the bents and turns of a subject. NWAD BENT.6

4. Application of the mind; a bending of the mind in study or investigation. NWAD BENT.7

BENT, BENT-GRASS, n. A kind of grass, called in botany, Agrostis, of several species. NWAD BENT.8

BENTING-TIME, n. The time when pigeons feed on bents, before peas are ripe. NWAD BENTING-TIME.1

BENUM, corruptly BENUMB, v.t. NWAD BENUM.1

1. To make torpid; to deprive of sensation; as, a hand or foot benummed by cold. NWAD BENUM.2

2. To stupefy; to render inactive; as, to benum the senses. NWAD BENUM.3

BENUMMED, pp. Rendered torpid; deprived of sensation; stupefied. NWAD BENUMMED.1

BENUMMING, ppr. Depriving of sensation; stupefying. NWAD BENUMMING.1

BENZOATE, n. [See Benzoin.] A salt formed by the union of the benzoic acid with any salifiable base. NWAD BENZOATE.1

BENZOIC, a. Pertaining to benzoin. NWAD BENZOIC.1

Benzoic acid, or flowers of Benzoin, is a peculiar vegetable acid, obtained from Benzoin and other balsams, by sublimation or decoction. It is a fine light white matter in small needles; its taste pungent and bitterish, its odor slightly aromatic. NWAD BENZOIC.2

BENZOIN, BENJAMIN, n. Gum benjamin; a concrete resinous juice flowing from the Styrax Benzoin, a tree of Sumatra, etc. It is properly a balsam, as it yields benzoic acid. It flows from incisions made in the stem or branches. It is solid and brittle, sometimes in yellowish white tears joined together by a brown substance, and sometimes of a uniform brown substance like resin. It has little taste, but its smell, especially when rubbed or heated, is extremely fragrant and agreeable. It is chiefly used in cosmetics and perfumes. NWAD BENZOIN.1

BEPAINT, v.t. [be and paint.] To paint; to cover with paint. [Little used.] NWAD BEPAINT.1

BEPALE, v.t. [be and pale.] To make pale. [Not in use.] NWAD BEPALE.1

BEPINCH, v.t. [be and pinch.] To mark with pinches. NWAD BEPINCH.1

BEPINCHED, BEPINCHT, pp. Marked with pinches. NWAD BEPINCHED.1

BEPOWDER, v.t. [be and powder.] To powder; to sprinkle or cover with powder. NWAD BEPOWDER.1

BEPRAISE, v.t. [be and praise.] To praise greatly or extravagantly. NWAD BEPRAISE.1

BEPURPLE, v.t. [be and purple.] To tinge or dye with a purple color. NWAD BEPURPLE.1

BEQUEATH, v.t. [Eng. quoth.] To give or leave by will; to devise some species of property by testament; as, to bequeath an estate or a legacy. NWAD BEQUEATH.1