Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to beshield
Participle: beshielded
Gerund: beshielding
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | beshield |
| you | beshield |
| he;she;it | beshields |
| we | beshield |
| you | beshield |
| they | beshield |
Perfect
| I | have beshielded |
| you | have beshielded |
| he;she;it | has beshielded |
| we | have beshielded |
| you | have beshielded |
| they | have beshielded |
Past
| I | beshielded |
| you | beshielded |
| he;she;it | beshielded |
| we | beshielded |
| you | beshielded |
| they | beshielded |
Pluperfect
| I | had beshielded |
| you | had beshielded |
| he;she;it | had beshielded |
| we | had beshielded |
| you | had beshielded |
| they | had beshielded |
Future
| I | will beshield |
| you | will beshield |
| he;she;it | will beshield |
| we | will beshield |
| you | will beshield |
| they | will beshield |
Future Perfect
| I | will have beshielded |
| you | will have beshielded |
| he;she;it | will have beshielded |
| we | will have beshielded |
| you | will have beshielded |
| they | will have beshielded |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | beshield |
| you | beshield |
| he;she;it | beshield |
| we | beshield |
| you | beshield |
| they | beshield |
Perfect
| I | have beshielded |
| you | have beshielded |
| he;she;it | have beshielded |
| we | have beshielded |
| you | have beshielded |
| they | have beshielded |
Imperfect
| I | beshielded |
| you | beshielded |
| he;she;it | beshielded |
| we | beshielded |
| you | beshielded |
| they | beshielded |
Pluperfect
| I | had beshielded |
| you | had beshielded |
| he;she;it | had beshielded |
| we | had beshielded |
| you | had beshielded |
| they | had beshielded |
Conditional
Present
| I | would beshield |
| you | would beshield |
| he;she;it | would beshield |
| we | would beshield |
| you | would beshield |
| they | would beshield |
Perfect
| I | would have beshielded |
| you | would have beshielded |
| he;she;it | would have beshielded |
| we | would have beshielded |
| you | would have beshielded |
| they | would have beshielded |
Imperative
| you | beshield |
| we | Let's beshield |
| you | beshield |
Verbs conjugated like 'beshield'
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 'beshield'
bewield,
enshield,
shield,
bechill,
befriend,
begild,
behead,
behell,
behelm,
behold,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to make or keep a person or object safe from attack
- beward, brood, cape for, defend, fend, guard, preserve, protect, safeguard, secure, shelter, shield, ward
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English bischilden, from Old English besċyldian, besċieldian (“to shield, defend”); equivalent to be- + shield.
Sample Sentences
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Beshield thee with thy troops; find out at will Fresh instruments of war, and unknown gear; For thou shalt not scape death from this my hand, O slayer of the dames, so brave and grand. [1876, Torquato Tasso, The Jerusalem delivered of Yorquato Tasso:]
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[…]that in that same night Olympia might behold the god Hamon lying beside her, and saying to her thereafter, 'Woman, thou hast conceived him who shall beshield thee. [2004, Robert Thornton, The Prose Life of Alexander:]
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Of course I was frightened — frightened of being struck, or beshamed, during the next tone-show — so cast about for someone to beshield me. [2006, Percy Grainger, Malcolm Gillies, David Pear, Self-Portrait of Percy Grainger:]
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Our bearers now began to call themselves Natal Kafirs, fearing to say they were Zulus before the young Amaswazi warriors, beplumed, beshielded, bespeared, perched about here and there in picturesque unconsciousness of their picturesqueness. [1872, The Net:]