"besmile" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: besmiles [present, singular, third-person], besmiling [participle, present], besmiled [participle, past], besmiled [past]
Etymology: From be- + smile. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|be|smile}} be- + smile Head templates: {{en-verb}} besmile (third-person singular simple present besmiles, present participle besmiling, simple past and past participle besmiled)
  1. (transitive) To smile at; give or show a smile to. Tags: transitive Derived forms: besmiled
    Sense id: en-besmile-en-verb-jkO~0PuL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with be-

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for besmile meaning in English (1.7kB)

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