English Explanatory Dictionary

beshade

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To shadow; cast a shadow over.

Word forms

beshade beshades beshading beshaded

Etymology

From Middle English bischaden, bischadewen, bischadowen, equivalent to be- + shade and/or be- + shadow. Cognate with Saterland Frisian beskaadje (“to shadow”), Dutch beschaduwen (“to shade, shadow”), German beschatten (“to shadow”).

Synonyms

beshadow shade shadow
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