bepaint

verb

bepaint

verb

Etymology From be- + paint.

1

To paint; to cover or color with, or as with, paint.

  • Else would a maiden blush bepaint my cheek.c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:

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