Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To cover or involve in or as in mist.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To envelop in mist.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
cover orenvelop withmist , or as with mist.
Etymologies
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From be- + mist.
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Examples
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My last gift to you will be a tear dropped into the depth of your youth; it will make your smile all the sweeter, and bemist your outlook on the pitiless mirth of day.
The Fugitive Rabindranath Tagore 1901
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The clouds and vapours that arise from the flesh, bemist (166) and obscure all these; the corruptions of the soul are most strengthened in this sort, and most vented here.
The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning Hugh Binning 1640
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