"besmoke" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: besmokes [present, singular, third-person], besmoking [participle, present], besmoked [participle, past], besmoked [past]
Etymology: From Middle English besmoken, equivalent to be- + smoke. Cognate with Dutch besmoken, Middle Low German besmoken. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|besmoken}} Middle English besmoken, {{pre|en|be|smoke}} be- + smoke, {{cog|nl|besmoken}} Dutch besmoken, {{cog|gml|besmoken}} Middle Low German besmoken Head templates: {{en-verb}} besmoke (third-person singular simple present besmokes, present participle besmoking, simple past and past participle besmoked)
  1. (transitive) To fill with smoke; act on with smoke; fumigate. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-besmoke-en-verb-Wd5vQBGA Categories (other): English terms prefixed with be- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with be-: 36 30 34
  2. (transitive) To befoul with smoke. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-besmoke-en-verb--k4AJJ3T Categories (other): English terms prefixed with be- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with be-: 36 30 34
  3. (transitive) To harden or dry in smoke. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-besmoke-en-verb-9o3R0YAh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with be-, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 18 47 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with be-: 36 30 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 14 51

Inflected forms

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