• Besmile

    Origin

    From - + smile.

    Full definition of besmile

    Verb

    1. (transitive) To smile at; give or show a smile to.
      • 1857, Charles Bagot Cayley, Psyche's interludes - Page 92:"... Death's sting he felt, who touched our belt; O Love, didst thou besmile me?"
      • 1885, Ontario. Legislative Assembly, Sessional papers - Legislature of the Province of Ontario:... as to whether it would be to allow this matter to pass, as it did in the case of Awrey, without any evidence — simply to besmile it away; ...

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