Besmall
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Besmall is a verb meaning (transitive, rare, nonstandard) To make small; (figurative) to make as though small.
Meaning
(transitive, rare, nonstandard) To make small; (figurative) to make as though small.
Example Sentences
"Weariness too faltered my conscience . . . besmalling me."
The besmalled position shocks Tusker to fell sick for a long time and finally die when he is asked to vacate the Lodge.
And loneliness balked my pride, my innate pride, my integral native being, besmalling me all the more, until I couldn't remember myself the way I did last year and the years before.
Word Forms
- besmalls
- besmalling
- besmalled
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include small, smallen, ensmallen, smallify, belittle, diminutize.
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