Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to besmear
Participle: besmeared
Gerund: besmearing
Indicative
Present
| I | besmear |
| you | besmear |
| he;she;it | besmears |
| we | besmear |
| you | besmear |
| they | besmear |
Perfect
| I | have besmeared |
| you | have besmeared |
| he;she;it | has besmeared |
| we | have besmeared |
| you | have besmeared |
| they | have besmeared |
Past
| I | besmeared |
| you | besmeared |
| he;she;it | besmeared |
| we | besmeared |
| you | besmeared |
| they | besmeared |
Pluperfect
| I | had besmeared |
| you | had besmeared |
| he;she;it | had besmeared |
| we | had besmeared |
| you | had besmeared |
| they | had besmeared |
Future
| I | will besmear |
| you | will besmear |
| he;she;it | will besmear |
| we | will besmear |
| you | will besmear |
| they | will besmear |
Future Perfect
| I | will have besmeared |
| you | will have besmeared |
| he;she;it | will have besmeared |
| we | will have besmeared |
| you | will have besmeared |
| they | will have besmeared |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | besmear |
| you | besmear |
| he;she;it | besmear |
| we | besmear |
| you | besmear |
| they | besmear |
Perfect
| I | have besmeared |
| you | have besmeared |
| he;she;it | have besmeared |
| we | have besmeared |
| you | have besmeared |
| they | have besmeared |
Imperfect
| I | besmeared |
| you | besmeared |
| he;she;it | besmeared |
| we | besmeared |
| you | besmeared |
| they | besmeared |
Pluperfect
| I | had besmeared |
| you | had besmeared |
| he;she;it | had besmeared |
| we | had besmeared |
| you | had besmeared |
| they | had besmeared |
Conditional
Present
| I | would besmear |
| you | would besmear |
| he;she;it | would besmear |
| we | would besmear |
| you | would besmear |
| they | would besmear |
Perfect
| I | would have besmeared |
| you | would have besmeared |
| he;she;it | would have besmeared |
| we | would have besmeared |
| you | would have besmeared |
| they | would have besmeared |
Imperative
| you | besmear |
| we | Let's besmear |
| you | besmear |
Verbs conjugated like 'besmear'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'besmear'
bedear,
behear,
bemar,
bemean,
besmell,
bespeak,
bestar,
bestead,
besteer,
betear,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English *bismerwen, from Old English besmirwan, besmierwan (“to besmear”), equivalent to be- + smear. Cognate with Dutch besmeren (“to besmear”), German beschmieren (“to besmear”). See: Old English '
besmirwan', Dutch '
besmeren', German, old spelling '
beschmieren'.
Verbs referencing "besmear"
Dutch
besmeren, German, old spelling
beschmieren.
Sample Sentences
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I long to ſee thee backe returne from thence,
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That I may view theſe milk-white ſteeds of mine.
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All loden with the heads of killed men,
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And from their knees, euen to their hoofes below,
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Beſmer’d with blood, that makes a dainty ſhow. [c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene i:]
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[…] carters and coachmen, who make in imitation thereof a composition of grease and tar, with which they besmear the inside of the naves of wheels and the extremitys of the axis upon which they move. [1734, William Stukeley, Of the Gout, page 57:]
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Novv, Sir, vvhen my Time comes, leſt they ſhou'd think it vvorth vvhile to handle my Memory vvith the ſame Freedom, I am vvilling to prevent its being ſo odly beſmear'd (or at beſt but flatly vvhite-vvash'd) by taking upon me to give the Publick This, as true a Picture of myſelf as natural Vanity vvill permit me to dravv; […] [1740, Colley Cibber, chapter I, in An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, […], London: […] John Watts for the author, →OCLC, page 3:]
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His public record is already besmeared with tawdry divorces, […] [2012 January 26, Mike Allen Jim Vandehei, “Drudge, conservative media criticize Newt Gingrich”, in Politico:]