besinge
verbEtymology From Middle English bisengen, bezengen, from Old English besenġan (“to singe, burn”), equivalent to be- + singe.
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To singe about or all over.
- All sainct confederations infringed, / And for light cause would prince with prince enquarrel; / Countries bestreamed with blood, with fire besinged […]1838, Robert Southey, The poetical works: