Bespice

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To season with spice, or with some spicy drug. transitive

    "Ay, and thou, / His cupbearer […] / mightst bespice a cup / To give mine enemy a lasting wink; / Which draught to me were cordial."

Example

More examples

"Ay, and thou, / His cupbearer […] / mightst bespice a cup / To give mine enemy a lasting wink; / Which draught to me were cordial."

Etymology

From be- + spice.

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