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Beseeming
- verb - accord or comport with; "This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!"
Besetting
- verb - annoy continually or chronically;
- assail or attack on all sides: "The zebra was beset by leopards"
- decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems)
- trouble or harass
Besieging
- verb - cause to feel distressed or worried; "She was besieged by so many problems that she got discouraged"
- harass, as with questions or requests; "The press photographers besieged the movie star"
- surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna"
- the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack
Besotting
- verb - make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation
Bestowing
- verb - bestow a quality on; "Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company"; "The music added a lot to the play"; "She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings"; "This adds a light note to the program"
- give as a gift
- Offer
- present; "The university conferred a degree on its most famous former student, who never graduated"; "bestow an honor on someone"
Betraying
- verb - be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage; "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?"
- cause someone to believe an untruth; "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house"
- deliver to an enemy by treachery; "Judas sold Jesus"; "The spy betrayed his country"
- disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake; "His sense of smell failed him this time"; "His strength finally failed him"; "His children failed him in the crisis"
- give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"
- reveal unintentionally; "Her smile betrayed her true feelings"
Bettering
- verb - changing for the better
- get better; "The weather improved toward evening"
- surpass in excellence;
- to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"
Bevelling
- verb - cut a bevel on; shape to a bevel; "bevel the surface"
Bewailing
- verb - regret strongly; "I deplore this hostile action"; "we lamented the loss of benefits"
Bewraying
- verb - reveal unintentionally; "Her smile betrayed her true feelings"