"beshare" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: beshares [present, singular, third-person], besharing [participle, present], beshared [participle, past], beshared [past]
Etymology: From be- + share. Compare Swedish beskära (“to give; donate; apportion; assign”) and German bescheren (“to give; present with; bestowe”). Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|be|share}} be- + share, {{cog|sv|beskära|t=to give; donate; apportion; assign}} Swedish beskära (“to give; donate; apportion; assign”), {{cog|de|bescheren|t=to give; present with; bestowe}} German bescheren (“to give; present with; bestowe”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} beshare (third-person singular simple present beshares, present participle besharing, simple past and past participle beshared)
  1. (transitive) To share about; share across or share with; distribute among others; share. Tags: transitive

Inflected forms

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