"befrost" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From be- (“on, upon, all over”) + frost.",
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      "form": "befrosted",
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          "ref": "1934, Murasaki Shikibu, The Tale of Genji, volumes 1-6, page 131",
          "text": "[…] The faint wind of your favour, that but for a moment blew, with grief has part befrosted the small sedge of the eaves.",
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          "ref": "2014, James H. Willis, Victorian Toadstools and Mushrooms",
          "text": "Yellow-ochre is the universal colour, and mealy granules befrost the caps (under 1′′ broad) and stems up to their friable, indefinite rings.",
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          "ref": "2015, Maya Angelou, The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou, page 22",
          "text": "She came down creeping\nhere to the black arms waiting\nnow to the warm heart waiting\nrime of alien dreams befrosts her rich brown face\nShe came down creeping […]",
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        "To place frost upon; cover with frost"
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        "(transitive) To place frost upon; cover with frost"
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  "word": "befrost"
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          "ref": "1934, Murasaki Shikibu, The Tale of Genji, volumes 1-6, page 131",
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          "ref": "2014, James H. Willis, Victorian Toadstools and Mushrooms",
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