befrost

verb

befrost

verb

Etymology From be- (“on, upon, all over”) + frost.

1

To place frost upon; cover with frost

[…] The faint wind of your favour, that but for a moment blew, with grief has part befrosted the small sedge of the eaves.1934, Murasaki Shikibu, The Tale of Genji, volumes 1-6, page 131:
Yellow-ochre is the universal colour, and mealy granules befrost the caps (under 1′′ broad) and stems up to their friable, indefinite rings.2014, James H. Willis, Victorian Toadstools and Mushrooms:

1 more example

She came down creeping here to the black arms waiting now to the warm heart waiting rime of alien dreams befrosts her rich brown face She came down creeping […]2015, Maya Angelou, The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou, page 22:

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