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Definition of Bepowder
1. v. t. To sprinkle or cover with powder; to powder.
Definition of Bepowder
1. Verb. (transitive, obsolete) To sprinkle or cover with powder; to powder. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bepowder
1. to powder over [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bepowder
Literary usage of Bepowder
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"Ta bepowder, (be-pcu'-der) ».a. To dress out ; to powder. To BEQUEATH, (be-kw?THe') ».
a. To leave by will to another. BEQUEST, (be-kwest') ni A legacy. ..."
2. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner Von Marilaun (1902)
"... the contents held by the spoons drop down, and if in the condition of powder
they must inevitably bepowder any object that may happen to be underneath. ..."
3. The Complete Works: With a Life of the Author Written by Himself by Laurence Sterne, David Herbert (1882)
"... delusive fountain that ye have so often governed and turn'd this world about
like a mill-wheel,— grinding the faces of the impotent,—bepowder- ing their ..."
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