"besmell" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From be- + smell.",
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          "ref": "1708, Michael Bruce, Good news in evil times for fainting believers",
          "text": "I'll tell you News, Sirs, I carry a little Muist-box (which is the Word of GOD) in my Bosom, and when I meet with the ill Air of ill company, that's like to gar me Swarf, I besmell my self with the 'sweet lavour of it, and with the Name ...",
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          "ref": "2012, George R.R. Washington, Alan Goldsher, A Game of Groans: A Sonnet of Slush and Soot",
          "text": "Juan positioned himself by the side of the building, peeked through an open window, and found the feast a sight to behold, and a scent to besmell.",
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        "To smell out; sniff about, around, or all over; investigate or check by smelling; detect a smell or a scent."
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        "(transitive, emphatic) To smell out; sniff about, around, or all over; investigate or check by smelling; detect a smell or a scent."
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  "etymology_text": "From be- + smell.",
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        "To smell out; sniff about, around, or all over; investigate or check by smelling; detect a smell or a scent."
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        "(transitive, emphatic) To smell out; sniff about, around, or all over; investigate or check by smelling; detect a smell or a scent."
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