down, knock down, shake to pieces, shiver to pieces.
~Batter~, _v. n._ (_Masonry._) Slope backward.
~Batter~, _n._ (_Masonry._) Slope backward.
~Battle~, _n._ Combat, engagement, action, conflict, contest, fight,
rencontre, collision, skirmish, brush, affair.
~Battle array~, Order of battle.
~Bawble~, _n._ Trinket, gewgaw, toy, trifle, plaything, gimcrack,
knack, knick-knack, JIGGUMBOB.
~Bawd~, _n._ Procurer, pander, pimp.
~Bawdy~, _a._ Obscene, filthy, indecent, impure, smutty, lewd.
~Bawdy-house~, _n._ Brothel, stew, bagnio, whore-house, house of
prostitution, house of ill fame.
~Bawl~, _v. n._ Hoot, shout, vociferate, yell, howl, roar, cry, squall.
~Bay~, _a._ Reddish-brown.
~Bay~, _n._ ~1.~ Bight, inlet of the sea.
~2.~ Recess (_as in a room_), opening.
~3.~ Compartment.
~4.~ Bay-tree, laurel-tree (_Laurus nobilis_).
~Bay~, _v. n._ Bark.
~Bayberry~, _n._ Wax-myrtle (_Myrica cerifera_).
~Bay-rum~, _n._ Spirit of Myrcia (_rum distilled with the leaves of
Myrcia acris_).
~Bays~, _n. pl._ Crown, garland, wreath, honorary distinction.
~Bay-salt~, _n._ Common salt (_as obtained by evaporation of sea-
water_), chloride of sodium.
~Bay-tree~, _n._ BAY, laurel-tree.
~Bazaar~, _n._ Market-place.
~Be~, _v. n._ Exist (_whether in fact or in imagination_), subsist,
have existence, have being.
~Beach~, _n._ Shore, coast, strand, seaboard, seacoast.
~Beacon~, _n._ ~1.~ Signal-fire.
~2.~ Mark, sign, signal.
~Beak~, _n._ ~1.~ Bill, mandible, neb.
~2.~ Prow, bow, stem.
~Beam~, _n._ ~1.~ GIRDER, piece of timber.
~2.~ Ray, pencil, streak, gleam, GLIMMER.
~Beam~, _v. n._ Shine, emit rays.
~Beam~, _v. a._ Shoot forth, emit in rays or beams.
~Beamy~, _a._ Radiant, beaming.
~Bear~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Uphold, support, sustain, hold up.
~2.~ Carry, transport, convey, waft.
~3.~ Possess, have, hold.
~4.~ Endure, suffer, undergo, brook, tolerate, abide, put up with,
bear with, take patiently or easily, have patience with, submit to.
~5.~ Admit, permit, allow, admit of, be capable of.
~6.~ Maintain, keep up, carry on.
~7.~ Entertain, cherish, harbor.
~8.~ Be answerable for, be charged with.
~9.~ Produce, yield.
~10.~ Generate, beget, bring forth, give birth to.
~11.~ Exhibit, utter, show, give.
~Bear~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Suffer, submit.
~2.~ Press, push, be oppressive.
~3.~ Be fruitful, be prolific.
~4.~ [_Rare._] Imply, intimate.
~5.~ (_Naut._) Be situated (_with respect to the point of compass_).
~Bear~, _n._ BRUIN.
~Bearable~, _a._ Tolerable, endurable, supportable.
~Bear a hand~, (_Naut._) Be quick, make haste.
~Beard~, _v. a._ Defy, challenge, dare, take or pluck by the beard,
oppose to the face.
~Bearded~, _a._ ~1.~ Barbed.
~2.~ (_Bot._) Aristate, awned.
~Bear date~, Be dated.
~Bear down~, Overwhelm, oppress, crush.
~Bear down upon~, ATTACK, assail, assault, charge, march upon, march
against, set upon, rush upon, fall upon.
~Bear-grass~, _n._ Yucca, Adam's needle, Spanish bayonet.
~Bearing~, _n._ ~1.~ Deportment, demeanor, behavior, conduct,
carriage, mien, air, port.
~2.~ Relation, dependency, connection.
~3.~ Endurance, suffering.
~4.~ Direction, course, aim, aspect, point of compass.
~Bearings~, _n. pl._ Charges (_in coats of arms_).
~Bearish~, _a._ Rough, rude, coarse, savage, boorish, uncivil,
uncourteous, discourteous, impolite, ungentlemanly.
~Bear one's self~, Behave, acquit one's self, conduct one's self.
~Bear out~, Maintain, support, defend, uphold, justify, make good.
~Bear the bell~, Be the leader.
~Bear the cross~, Take up the cross, submit to trials or afflictions.
~Bear the palm~, Excel, be superior.
~Bear up~, ~1.~ (_Active._) Support, uphold; sustain, keep from falling.
~2.~ (_Passive._) Stand firm, show fortitude.
~Bear with~, Endure, BEAR, tolerate, put up with, have patience with.
~Bear witness~, Testify, depose, state, affirm, declare, aver, avow,
say, SWEAR.
~Beast~, _n._ BRUTE (_fit for the service of man_), quadruped, beast
of the field, four-footed animal, irrational animal.
~Beastly~, _a._ Brutish, brutal, bestial, sensual, irrational.
~Beat~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Strike, knock, hit, thump, belabor, drub, maul,
pommel, BASTE, thrash, thwack, bang, lay blows upon.
~2.~ Hammer, forge.
~3.~ Pound, bruise, pulverize, comminute, bray, break in pieces.
~4.~ Batter, smite, pelt, dash against.
~5.~ Conquer, overcome, subdue, vanquish, overpower, defeat, checkmate.
~6.~ [_Colloquial._] Excel, surpass, outdo, cut out.
~Beat~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Pulsate, throb.
~2.~ Dash, strike.
~3.~ (_Naut._) Go against the wind, go a zigzag course.
~Beat~, _n._ ~1.~ Stroke, striking, blow.
~2.~ Pulsation, throb, beating.
~3.~ Round, course.
~Beat all hollow~, [_Low._] Surpass completely, excel beyond all
question.
~Beat back~, Repulse, repel, drive back.
~Beat down~, ~1.~ Batter, overturn, destroy, break, throw down.
~2.~ Subdue, overpower, overcome, crush, put down.
~3.~ Press down (_by blows_), lay flat.
~Beaten~, _a._ ~1.~ Worn by use, much travelled.
~2.~ Hackneyed, trite, common, common-place.
~Beatific~, _a._ Ravishing, enchanting.
~Beatification~, _n._ ~1.~ Beatifying (_especially the act of the pope
in declaring a person happy after death_).
~2.~ Bliss, BEATITUDE.
~Beatify~, _v. a._ Enrapture, enchant, transport, enravish, make happy.
~Beating~, _n._ ~1.~ Striking, drubbing, flogging, thrashing,
cudgelling, pommelling, caning, flagellation, BASTINADO.
~2.~ Beat, pulsation, throb, throbbing.
~Beat into~, [_Colloquial._] Teach (_by laborious effort_), instil,
inculcate, implant.
~Beatitude~, _n._ Happiness, bliss, felicity, blessedness,
blissfulness, beatification, transport, rapture, heavenly joy.
~Be at loggerheads~, Come to blows, fall to loggerheads, go to
loggerheads.
~Beat out~, ~1.~ Flatten (_by hammering_).
~2.~ Exhaust, overcome (_with fatigue_).
~Beat the air~, Make vain efforts, try in vain, lash the waves, fish
in the air, milk the ram.
~Beau~, _n._ ~1.~ Fop, dandy, coxcomb, exquisite, macaroni, popinjay,
jackanapes, jack-a-dandy, man of dress.
~2.~ Gallant, lover, admirer, suitor, sweetheart, CICISBEO.
~Beau ideal~, [Fr.] Ideal beauty, ideal excellence, ideal standard.
~Beau-monde~, _n._ [Fr.] Gay world, fashionable world, people of
fashion, genteel people.
~Beauteous~, _a._ [_Poetical._] BEAUTIFUL.
~Beauties~, _n. pl._ ~1.~ Anthology, selections, elegant extracts.
~2.~ Beautiful persons (_especially beautiful women_).
~Beautiful~, _a._ Handsome, fair, fine, elegant, graceful, PRETTY,
BEAUTEOUS.
~Beautify~, _v. a._ Adorn, decorate, embellish, deck, bedeck, BEDIZEN,
ornament, emblazon, gild, array, garnish, grace, set, TRICK OUT, set
off, make beautiful.
~Beauty~, _n._ ~1.~ Elegance, grace, symmetry.
~2.~ Comeliness, seemliness, fairness, loveliness, attractiveness.
~3.~ Fine part, special grace, particular excellence.
~4.~ Beautiful person (_especially a beautiful woman_).
~Beaux-esprits~, _n. pl._ [Fr.] Men of wit, men of genius.
~Beaver~, _n._ ~1.~ Fur of the beaver.
~2.~ Hat.
~3.~ Face-guard (_of a helmet_).
~Be beat out~, Be exhausted, be fagged, be greatly fatigued.
~Be brought to bed~, Be confined, lie in, be in child-bed.
~Becafico~, _n._ Fig-eater, fig-pecker, greater pettychaps, garden
warbler (_Sylvia hortensis_).
~Be called~, Be named, go by the name of, take the name of, pass under
the name of.
~Becalm~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Quiet, soothe, calm, tranquillize, pacify, make
calm, make tranquil.
~2.~ Detain by a calm (_as a ship_).
~Be cast away~, ~1.~ Be thrown aside.
~2.~ Be shipwrecked.
~Because~, _conj._ ~1.~ For, since, as, for the cause that, for the
reason that, on this account that, inasmuch as.
~2.~ On account, by reason.
~Bèche-de-mer~, _n._ [Fr.] Trepang, sea-cucumber, sea-slug.
~Beck~, _n._ Nod, bow.
~Beckon~, _v. n._ Make a sign, give a signal.
~Beckon~, _v. a._ Call by a sign or signal.
~Becloud~, _v. a._ Dim, bedim, obscure, darken, cloud.
~Become~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Be.
~2.~ Change to, be changed to, be converted into, get to be, come to be.
~Become~, _v. a._ Suit, befit, be suitable to, be proper for, be
appropriate to.
~Becoming~, _a._ ~1.~ Fit, proper, suitable, meet, appropriate,
congruous, right, seemly.
~2.~ Comely, graceful, neat, pretty.
~Become of~, Be the fate of, be the end of, be the final condition of.
~Be confined~, ~1.~ Be restrained, be shut up, be shut in.
~2.~ Be brought to bed, lie in, be in child-bed.
~Bed~, _n._ ~1.~ Couch, BERTH, resting-place, place to sleep in.
~2.~ Raised plot (_of ground_).
~3.~ Layer, stratum, seam, vein.
~Bed~, _v. a._ Embed.
~Bedaub~, _v. a._ Smear, daub, besmear, soil, daub over.
~Bedeck~, _v. a._ Adorn, decorate, embellish, beautify, ornament,
deck, emblazon, gild, array, garnish, grace, BEDIZEN, set out, set
off, TRICK OUT.
~Bedew~, _v. a._ Moisten, wet, damp, dampen.
~Bedim~, _v. a._ Darken, dim, obscure, cloud, becloud.
~Bedizen~, _v. a._ Adorn (_gaudily_), deck, BEDECK.
~Bedlam~, _n._ Madhouse, lunatic hospital, lunatic asylum, hospital
for the insane.
~Bedlamite~, _n._ Madman, lunatic, maniac, crazy person, insane person.
~Bedouin~, _n._ Nomadic Arab.
~Bedridden~, _a._ Confined to the bed.
~Beef~, _n._ Flesh of neat-cattle.
~Bee-house~, _n._ Apiary, beehive.
~Bee-line~, _n._ Straight line, right line, shortest distance, most
direct line.
~Bee-moth~, _n._ Wax-moth.
~Beetle~, _v. n._ Protrude, project, jut, jut out, hang over.
~Beetle-head~, _n._ Simpleton, fool, DUNCE.
~Beetle-headed~, _a._ Dull, stupid, obtuse, foolish, senseless,
witless, insensible, sluggish, slow of apprehension, void of
understanding.
~Beeves~, _n. pl._ Neat-cattle.
~Befall~, _v. a._ Betide, overtake, happen to.
~Befall~, _v. n._ Happen, occur, take place.
~Befit~, _v. a._ Suit, fit, become, be suitable or proper for, be
appropriate for.
~Befitting~, _a._ Becoming, suitable, fit, proper, right, meet,
seemly, appropriate, congruous.
~Befool~, _v. a._ Infatuate, dupe, deceive, delude, cheat, chouse,
trick, diddle, hoax, stultify, hoodwink, circumvent, overreach,
beguile, bamboozle, impose upon, practise upon, play upon, make a fool
of.
~Before~, _prep._ ~1.~ Preceding.
~2.~ Prior to, previous to.
~3.~ In the presence of, face to face with.
~4.~ Near the front of, in front of.
~Before~, _ad._ ~1.~ Toward the front.
~2.~ In advance, farther onward.
~3.~ Formerly, in time past, of old.
~4.~ Hitherto, up to that time.
~5.~ Above, in a former part.
~Beforehand~, _ad._ Previously, in anticipation, in advance.
~Beforehand~, _a._ Forehanded, in comfortable circumstances (_as
respects property_), well off, well to do.
~Before the wind~, With the wind, in the direction of the wind.
~Befoul~, _v. a._ Soil, pollute, daggle, draggle, foul, bemire, dirty.
~Befriend~, _v. a._ Favor, encourage, patronize, countenance, assist,
help, aid, benefit, act as a friend to, do a good turn for, be kind to.
~Beg~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Crave, solicit, beseech, implore, supplicate,
conjure, pray for, petition for, seek by petition, ask earnestly.
~2.~ Assume, take for granted, consider as true.
~Beg~, _v. n._ Solicit charity, ask alms.
~Beget~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Generate, procreate, engender, breed, get, be
the father of.
~2.~ Produce, originate, give rise to.
~Beggar~, _n._ Mendicant, pauper, starveling, poor or indigent person.
~Beggar~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Impoverish, ruin, render poor, reduce to
poverty, bring to want.
~2.~ Surpass, exceed, go beyond, be above, put at fault, show to be
inadequate.
~Beggarly~, _a._ ~1.~ Destitute, indigent, needy, poor.
~2.~ Sorry, mean, abject, base, low, paltry, shabby, vile, scurvy,
miserable, contemptible, despicable, pitiful, pitiable, servile,
slavish, grovelling, base-minded, low-minded, mean-spirited.
~Beggary~, _n._ Poverty, indigence, penury, destitution, want,
distress, mendicancy, mendicity.
~Begin~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Originate, arise, take rise.
~2.~ Commence, make a beginning, take the first step, break ground,
break the ice.
~Begin~, _v. a._ Commence, institute, originate, enter upon, set
about, set on foot, set in operation.
~Beginner~, _n._ Tyro, novice.
~Beginning~, _n._ ~1.~ Commencement, outset, opening, start.
~2.~ Origin, source, rise.
~Begird~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Gird, bind with a girdle.
~2.~ Surround, encompass, environ, encircle, enclose, engird.
~Begone~, _interj._ ~1.~ Depart, go away, haste away, be off, get thee
gone.
~2.~ Away, let us go, let us be off.
~Begrudge~, _v. a._ Grudge, envy the possession of.
~Beguile~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Delude, cheat, deceive, BEFOOL.
~2.~ Divert, amuse, entertain, cheer, solace.
~Behalf~, _n._ Benefit, advantage, profit, interest, account, behoof.
~Be hanged~, Come to the gallows.
~Behave~, _v. n._ Act, conduct one's self, demean one's self, acquit
one's self, behave one's self.
~Behave one's self~, BEHAVE.
~Behavior~, _n._ Deportment (_on particular occasions_), conduct,
bearing, demeanor, carriage, manner, mien, air, port.
~Behead~, _v. a._ Decapitate, decollate, deprive of the head.
~Beheading~, _n._ Decapitation, decollation.
~Behest~, _n._ Command, commandment, mandate, order, precept,
injunction, direction, charge, bidding.
~Behind~, _prep._ ~1.~ ABAFT, at the back of, in the rear of.
~2.~ After, following.
~Behind~, _ad._ ~1.~ Backward, back.
~2.~ ABAFT, aft, ASTERN, rearward, in the rear, at the back.
~Behindhand~, _a._ Backward, late, tardy, after the usual time.
~Behind the curtain~, Hid, concealed, in concealment.
~Behold~, _v. a._ See, observe, view, descry, discern, look upon, set
one's eyes on.
~Behold~, _interj._ See, look, observe, lo.
~Beholden~, _a._ Obliged, indebted, grateful, thankful, under
obligation.
~Beholder~, _n._ Observer, spectator, looker-on.
~Behoof~, _n._ Advantage, benefit, profit, interest, account, behoof.
~Behoove~, _v. a._ Become, befit, beseem, be fit for, be proper for,
be meet for.
~Be in earnest~, Be serious, be not jesting.
~Being~, ~1.~ Existence, subsistence.
~2.~ Creature, substance, thing.
~Be in the ascendant~, Have superior influence, have commanding
influence.
~Be in the wrong box~, Mistake, err, make a mistake, BARK UP THE WRONG
TREE.
~Be it so~, ~1.~ Suppose it to be so.
~2.~ Amen, so be it, let it be so.
~Belabor~, _v. a._ Thump, beat, strike, knock, lay blows upon.
~Belated~, _a._ Retarded, hindered, made late.
~Belay~, _v. a._ (_Naut._) Fasten, make fast.
~Belch~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Eject (_as wind from the stomach_), discharge.
~2.~ Throw out violently, cast forth.
~Belch~, _v. n._ ~1.~ ERUCTATE, eject wind from the stomach.
~2.~ Be ejected violently.
~Belching~, _n._ Eructation.
~Beldam~, _n._ Hag, Jezebel, virago, vixen, fury, she-monster, ugly
old woman.
~Beleaguer~, _v. a._ Besiege, invest, beset, lay siege to.
~Bel-esprit~, _n._ [Fr. _pl._ _Beaux-esprits_.] Wit, man of wit, man
of genius.
~Belfry~, _n._ Campanile.
~Belial~, _n._ Satan, DEVIL, Apollyon, arch-fiend.
~Belie~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Falsify, misrepresent, represent falsely.
~2.~ Give the lie to, convict of falsehood, show to be false, charge
with falsehood.
~Belief~, _n._ ~1.~ Credence, credit, confidence, trust, reliance,
persuasion, FAITH.
~2.~ Doctrine, tenet, dogma, opinion, creed, article of faith,
profession of faith.
~Believe~, _v. a._ Credit, give credit to, think to be true, give
faith to, put faith in, rely upon, make no doubt of, put confidence in.
~Believe~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Exercise faith, have faith, have a firm
persuasion.
~2.~ Think, suppose, conceive, fancy, apprehend, imagine, hold. OPINE,
be of opinion, entertain the idea, take it.
~Belike~, _ad._ [_Colloquial._] Probably, perhaps, mayhap, it may be,
it is likely.
~Belladonna~, _n._ Banewort, dwale, deadly nightshade (_Atropa
belladonna_).
~Belle~, _n._ Beautiful young lady, fair damsel.
~Belles-lettres~, _n. pl._ [Fr.] Polite literature, elegant
literature, the humanities.
~Belligerent~, _a._ ~1.~ Carrying on war, engaged in war, waging war.
~2.~ Of belligerents.
~3.~ Warlike, hostile.
~Belligerent~, _n._ Belligerent state or nation.
~Bellow~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Roar (_as a beast_).
~2.~ Vociferate, clamor, yell, howl, cry, bawl, make a loud outcry.
~Bell-pepper~, _n._ Red pepper (_of the garden._ _Capsicum annuum_).
~Bell-shaped~, _a._ (_Bot._) Campanulate.
~Belly~, _n._ ~1.~ Abdomen, paunch.
~2.~ Convexity, swell, swelling, bulge, protuberance.
~Belly-ache~, _n._ Colic, pain in the bowels.
~Belong to~, ~1.~ Be the property of, be possessed by.
~2.~ Regard, appertain to, pertain to, relate to, refer to, be related
to, have reference to.
~3.~ Be appendent to, constitute a part of, be connected with.
~4.~ Be incumbent on, be the duty of, devolve on.
~5.~ Be a resident of, have a legal residence in.
~Beloved~, _a._ Dear, darling, much loved.
~Below~, _prep._ ~1.~ Under, beneath, underneath.
~2.~ Unbecoming, unworthy of.
~Below~, _ad._ ~1.~ Under, beneath, underneath.
~2.~ On the earth.
~3.~ In hell, in the lower regions, in the regions of the dead.
~Belt~, _n._ Girdle, cincture, cestus, band.
~Bemire~, _v. a._ Daggle, draggle, befoul, foul, dirty, soil.
~Bemoan~, _v. a._ Bewail, lament, deplore, moan over, mourn over,
express sorrow for.
~Bemused~, _a._ Stupefied, confused, bewildered, MUZZY, half-drunk.
~Bench~, _n._ ~1.~ Long seat.
~2.~ Court, tribunal, body of judges.
~Bend~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Curve, crook, bow, incurvate, make crooked.
~2.~ Direct, turn towards, incline towards.
~3.~ Exert, apply earnestly, direct attentively.
~4.~ Subdue, cause to yield, bring to submission, make submissive.
~5.~ (_Naut._) Fasten, make fast.
~Bend~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Crook, be crooked, be bent, be curved.
~2.~ Lean, incline, turn.
~Bend~, _n._ ~1.~ Curve, curvity, curvature, flexure, angle, elbow,
crook, incurvation, ARCUATION.
~2.~ Bight, coil.
~Beneath~, _prep._ ~1.~ Under, underneath, below.
~2.~ Unbecoming, unbefitting, unworthy of.
~Beneath~, _ad._ Below.
~Benedict~, _n._ Married man.
~Benediction~, _n._ Blessing, benison, invocation of happiness.
~Benefaction~, _n._ Gift, donation, gratuity, grant, offering,
contribution, boon, present, alms, charity.
~Benefice~, _n._ Ecclesiastical living.
~Beneficence~, _n._ Charity, bounty, liberality, generosity, alms-
giving, active goodness, kind action, doing of good.
~Beneficient~, _a._ Bountiful, munificent, liberal, generous,
bounteous, princely, kind.
~Beneficial~, _a._ Useful, profitable, advantageous, helpful,
serviceable, salutary, good, for one's advantage, for one's good, for
one's interest.
~Benefit~, _n._ ~1.~ Favor, service, act of kindness, good turn, kind
office.
~2.~ Advantage, profit, avail, gain, good, utility, behalf, behoof,
account, interest.
~Benefit~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Befriend, help, serve, do good to, be useful
to, advance the interest of, confer a favor on.
~2.~ Profit, advantage, avail, be of advantage to.
~Benevolence~, _n._ Kindness, benignity, kind-heartedness, humanity,
tenderness, charitableness, good-will, disposition to do good, milk of
human kindness.
~Benevolent~, _a._ Kind, benignant, benign, kind-hearted, obliging,
humane, tender, charitable, disposed to do good.
~Benighted~, _a._ ~1.~ Overtaken with night.
~2.~ Involved in darkness.
~Benign~, _a._ ~1.~ Kind, benevolent, gracious, complaisant, humane,
obliging, benignant, good, amiable, friendly, kind-hearted, tender-
hearted, of a gentle disposition.
~2.~ (_Med._) Mild, of a mild nature.
~Benignant~, _a._ Kind, BENIGN.
~Benignity~, _n._ ~1.~ Kindness, graciousness, benevolence,
complaisance, humanity, amiability, amenity, friendliness, kind-
heartedness, fellow-feeling, good feeling, good humor, good temper,
obliging manner.
~2.~ [_Rare._] Mildness.
~Benison~, _n._ Blessing, benediction.
~Benne~, _n._ Sesame, oil-plant.
~Bent~, _n._ Disposition, inclination, tendency, turn, PENCHANT,
leaning, bias, propensity, proclivity, predisposition, predilection,
partiality, liking, fondness, proneness, appetency.
~Bent~, _a._ Crooked, hooked, bowed, curved, aduncous, ARCUATE,
INCURVATE.
~Benumb~, _v. a._ Stupefy, paralyze, deaden, blunt, make torpid,
render insensible.
~Be of opinion~, Think, believe, conclude, judge, suppose, imagine,
fancy, deem, WERN, OPINE, hold, entertain the idea, take it.
~Be on the carpet~, Be under consideration, be upon the tapis.
~Bequeath~, _v. a._ Leave, demise, devise, will, give by will.
~Bequest~, _n._ Legacy, devise.
~Berate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Scold, chide, reprimand, rate.
~2.~ ABUSE, vilify, defame.
~Bereave~, _v. a._ Deprive (_of something that cannot be restored_),
dispossess, divest, take away from.
~Bereavement~, _n._ Deprivation, loss (_especially of friends by
death_).
~Berth~, _n._ (_Naut._) ~1.~ Ship's station.
~2.~ Bed, place to sleep in.
~3.~ Situation, office, post, employment, place.
~Beseech~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Entreat, beg, implore, supplicate, petition,
conjure, ADJURE, pray to.
~2.~ Solicit, ask, petition for, pray for, beg for.
~Beseem~, _v. a._ Become, bent, be proper for, be appropriate for, be
meet for.
~Be seized of~, Possess, have possession of, be possessed of.
~Be selfish~, Indulge one's self, coddle one's self, consult one's own
wishes, interest, or pleasure; take care of, or look after, number
one; have an eye to the main chance.
~Beset~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Surround, encompass, environ, encircle, enclose,
besiege, hem in.
~2.~ Embarrass, perplex, entangle.
~Beshrew~, _v. a._ Execrate, wish evil to, implore a curse upon.
~Beside~, _prep._ ~1.~ Near, close to, at the side of, by the side of.
~2.~ Except, save, over and above, in addition to, distinct from.
~3.~ Aside from, out of the way of, out of the course of, not
according to.
~4.~ Out of, not in possession of.
~Besides~, _prep._ ~1.~ Near, close to, at the side of, by the side of.
~2.~ Except, save, over and above, in addition to, distinct from.
~3.~ Aside from, out of the way of, out of the course of, not
according to.
~4.~ Out of, not in possession of.
~Beside~, _ad._ ~1.~ Moreover, yet, too, also, furthermore, more than
that, over and above, in addition.
~2.~ Else.
~Besides~, _ad._ ~1.~ Moreover, yet, too, also, furthermore, more than
that, over and above, in addition.
~2.~ Else.
~Besiege~, _v. a._ Surround (_with a military force_), beset,
beleaguer, invest, lay siege to.
~Besmear~, _v. a._ Bedaub, daub, smear, soil, bespatter, daub over.
~Besot~, _v. a._ Infatuate, stultify, stupefy, befool, make sottish,
make foolish.
~Bespatter~, _v. a._ Spatter (_with something filthy_), bedaub, BESMEAR.
~Bespeak~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Order, speak for beforehand.
~2.~ [_Rare._] Forebode, foretell, predict.
~3.~ Indicate, imply, proclaim, declare, betoken, show.
~Best~, _a._ ~1.~ Most good, most excellent, superlatively good, good
in the highest degree.
~2.~ Most wise, most judicious, most expedient.
~Best~, _ad._ ~1.~ Most of all, in the highest degree, beyond all
others.
~2.~ With most propriety, most profitably or advantageously, to the
greatest advantage.
~3.~ Most intimately, most thoroughly, most completely.
~4.~ With the highest qualification, by the clearest title.
~Best~, _n._ ~1.~ Highest perfection.
~2.~ Utmost, greatest effort, highest endeavor, the most that can be
done.
~Bestial~, _a._ Beastly, brutal, brutish, irrational, sensual.
~Bestir one's self~, Labor, work, toil, strive, fall to work, exert
one's self, rouse one's self, trouble one's self, busy one's self,
take pains, be busy, be active, be quick, BEAR A HAND.
~Bestow~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Put, place, stow, deposit, lay up in store.
~2.~ Give, accord, grant, impart, CONFER.
~3.~ Use, apply, make use of.
~Bestower~, _n._ Giver, disposer, donor, DONATOR.
~Bestride~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Straddle, stride over.
~2.~ Ride upon astraddle.
~Bet~, _n._ Wager, stake.