besweeten

verb

besweeten

verb

UK /bɪˈswiːtn̩/

Etymology From be- + sweeten.

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Literary, Rare Sublimely sweeten.

A pure ſeed-Pearle of Infant dew, // Brought and beſweetned in a blew // And pregnant violet; […]1648, Robert Herrick, Hesperides (1969 reprint, Scolar Press facsimiles), “Oberon’s Feast”, lines 15–17 (pages 136–137)

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