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Besnow

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To snow on; to cover with snow, or as if with snow. transitive
  2. 2
    To scatter like snow. transitive
  3. 3
    To whiten with snow, or as with snow. transitive

    "Virgins of equall birth, [...] / Shall draw thy picture, and record thy life; / One ſhall enſphere thine eyes, another ſhall / Impearl thy teeth[,] a third thy white and ſmall / Hand ſhall beſnow, a fourth incarnadine / Thy roſie cheek, [...]"

Etymology

From Middle English besnewen, from Old English besnīwian (“to cover with snow”); equivalent to be- + snow. Cognate with Dutch besneeuwen (“to snow, snow in”), German beschneien (“to cover with snow”).

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