"beselve" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: beselves [present, singular, third-person], beselving [participle, present], beselved [participle, past], beselved [past]
Etymology: From be- + selve. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|be|selve}} be- + selve Head templates: {{en-verb}} beselve (third-person singular simple present beselves, present participle beselving, simple past and past participle beselved)
  1. (transitive) To endow with a personhood or self. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-beselve-en-verb-4IAu9q4h Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with be-

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          "ref": "1968, Mariane L. Simmel, Kurt Goldstein, The Reach of mind: essays in memory of Kurt Goldstein",
          "text": "One can say \"That individual is angry,\" or \"Mr. X is angry,\" but never \"The self is angry.\" Even though, to be sure, anger involves having a self; it pertains to X as \"beselved.\" We agree with common usage.",
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          "ref": "1992, Brian Massumi, A User's Guide to Capitalism and Schizophrenia",
          "text": "The mouth is always available for service; the breast is not. So the anticipation is breastdirected. The beselved body in fact lives more outside its literal Habit.",
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          "ref": "2012, dao nguyen",
          "text": "Two new words are needed, “enworlded” and “beselved.” To be enworlded is to be beselved. To be beside yourself is to be fully conscious."
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          "ref": "2012, Paul C. Martin, The Feminine in the Making of God: Highlighting the Sensible Topography of Divinity",
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