Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To sprinkle with stars; adorn with stars.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To sprinkle with, or as with, stars; to decorate with, or as with, stars; to bestud.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive, archaic To
sprinkle with, or as with,stars ; to adorn or decorate with, or as with, stars.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Their bells go all the morning; Their lanterns bright bestar the night Pedestrians a-warning.
Pimping Your Ride: Making Money With Your Bike BikeSnobNYC 2009
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Notice the lacy effect of the flowers that bestar the wind-blown gown of "La Primavera," the fern-like leaves that fleck the background; the draperies that do not conceal the forms of the nymphs of the lovely springtime.
Pictures Every Child Should Know A Selection of the World's Art Masterpieces for Young People Mary Schell Hoke Bacon 1902
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Methinks I see already the bellies of those magnificent sole bestar the deck, and emulate the glories of the orient sky. '
Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection Walter Savage Landor 1819
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