bepaint
English
Pronunciation
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪnt
Verb
bepaint (third-person singular simple present bepaints, present participle bepainting, simple past and past participle bepainted)
- (transitive) To paint; to cover or color with, or as with, paint.
- 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]:
- Else would a maiden blush bepaint my cheek.
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