"beslaver" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: beslavers [present, singular, third-person], beslavering [participle, present], beslavered [participle, past], beslavered [past]
Etymology: From be- + slaver. Compare beslabber. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|be|slaver}} be- + slaver Head templates: {{en-verb}} beslaver (third-person singular simple present beslavers, present participle beslavering, simple past and past participle beslavered)
  1. (transitive) To cover with slaver, or anything suggesting slaver. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-beslaver-en-verb-6eI1LKcW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with be-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with be-: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51
  2. (transitive, figuratively) To cover with fulsome flattery. Tags: figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-beslaver-en-verb-73dH5gbT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with be-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with be-: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51

Inflected forms

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