Beat (v. i.) To make a sound when struck; as, the drums beat.
Beat (v. i.) To make a succession of strokes on a drum; as, the drummers beat to call soldiers to their quarters.
Beat (v. i.) To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and less intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect; -- said of instruments, tones, or vibrations, not perfectly in unison.
Beat (n.) A stroke; a blow.
Beat (n.) A recurring stroke; a throb; a pulsation; as, a beat of the heart; the beat of the pulse.
Beat (n.) The rise or fall of the hand or foot, marking the divisions of time; a division of the measure so marked. In the rhythm of music the beat is the unit.
Beat (n.) A transient grace note, struck immediately before the one it is intended to ornament.
Beat (n.) A sudden swelling or reenforcement of a sound, recurring at regular intervals, and produced by the interference of sound waves of slightly different periods of vibrations; applied also, by analogy, to other kinds of wave motions; the pulsation or throbbing produced by the vibrating together of two tones not quite in unison. See Beat, v. i., 8.
Beat (v. i.) A round or course which is frequently gone over; as, a watchman's beat.
Beat (v. i.) A place of habitual or frequent resort.
Beat (v. i.) A cheat or swindler of the lowest grade; -- often emphasized by dead; as, a dead beat.
Beat (a.) Weary; tired; fatigued; exhausted.
Beaten (a.) Made smooth by beating or treading; worn by use.
Beaten (a.) Vanquished; conquered; baffled.
Beaten (a.) Exhausted; tired out.
Beaten (a.) Become common or trite; as, a beaten phrase.
Beaten (a.) Tried; practiced.
Beater (n.) One who, or that which, beats.
Beater (n.) A person who beats up game for the hunters.
Beath (v. t.) To bathe; also, to dry or heat, as unseasoned wood.
Beatific (a.) Alt. of Beatifical
Beatifical (a.) Having the power to impart or complete blissful enjoyment; blissful.
Beatificate (v. t.) To beatify.
Beatification (n.) The act of beatifying, or the state of being beatified; esp., in the R. C. Church, the act or process of ascertaining and declaring that a deceased person is one of "the blessed," or has attained the second degree of sanctity, -- usually a stage in the process of canonization.
Beatified (imp. & p. p.) of Beatify
Beatifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beatify
Beatify (v. t.) To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness.
Beatify (v. t.) To make happy; to bless with the completion of celestial enjoyment.
Beatify (v. t.) To ascertain and declare, by a public process and decree, that a deceased person is one of "the blessed" and is to be reverenced as such, though not canonized.
Beating (n.) The act of striking or giving blows; punishment or chastisement by blows.
Beating (n.) Pulsation; throbbing; as, the beating of the heart.
Beating (n.) Pulsative sounds. See Beat, n.
Beating (n.) The process of sailing against the wind by tacks in zigzag direction.
Beatitude (n.) Felicity of the highest kind; consummate bliss.
Beatitude (n.) Any one of the nine declarations (called the Beatitudes), made in the Sermon on the Mount (Matt. v. 3-12), with regard to the blessedness of those who are distinguished by certain specified virtues.
Beatitude (n.) Beatification.
Beaux (pl. ) of Beau
Beaus (pl. ) of Beau
Beau (n.) A man who takes great care to dress in the latest fashion; a dandy.
Beau (n.) A man who escorts, or pays attentions to, a lady; an escort; a lover.
Beaucatcher (n.) A small flat curl worn on the temple by women.
Beaufet (n.) A niche, cupboard, or sideboard for plate, china, glass, etc.; a buffet.
Beaufin (n.) See Biffin.
Beau ideal () A conception or image of consummate beauty, moral or physical, formed in the mind, free from all the deformities, defects, and blemishes seen in actual existence; an ideal or faultless standard or model.
Beauish (n.) Like a beau; characteristic of a beau; foppish; fine.
Beau monde () The fashionable world; people of fashion and gayety.
Beaupere (n.) A father.
Beaupere (n.) A companion.
Beauseant (n.) The black and white standard of the Knights Templars.
Beauship (n.) The state of being a beau; the personality of a beau.
Beauteous (a.) Full of beauty; beautiful; very handsome.
Beautied (p. a.) Beautiful; embellished.
Beautifier (n.) One who, or that which, beautifies or makes beautiful.
Beautiful (a.) Having the qualities which constitute beauty; pleasing to the sight or the mind.
Beautified (imp. & p. p.) of Beautify
Beautifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beautify
Beautify (v. t.) To make or render beautiful; to add beauty to; to adorn; to deck; to grace; to embellish.
Beautify (v. i.) To become beautiful; to advance in beauty.
Beautiless (a.) Destitute of beauty.
Beautie (pl. ) of Beauty
Beauty (n.) An assemblage or graces or properties pleasing to the eye, the ear, the intellect, the aesthetic faculty, or the moral sense.
Beauty (n.) A particular grace, feature, ornament, or excellence; anything beautiful; as, the beauties of nature.
Beauty (n.) A beautiful person, esp. a beautiful woman.
Beauty (n.) Prevailing style or taste; rage; fashion.
Beaux (n.) pl. of Beau.
Beauxite (n.) See Bauxite.
Beaver (n.) An amphibious rodent, of the genus Castor.
Beaver (n.) The fur of the beaver.
Beaver (n.) A hat, formerly made of the fur of the beaver, but now usually of silk.
Beaver (n.) Beaver cloth, a heavy felted woolen cloth, used chiefly for making overcoats.
Beaver (n.) That piece of armor which protected the lower part of the face, whether forming a part of the helmet or fixed to the breastplate. It was so constructed (with joints or otherwise) that the wearer could raise or lower it to eat and drink.
Beavered (a.) Covered with, or wearing, a beaver or hat.
Beaverteen (n.) A kind of fustian made of coarse twilled cotton, shorn after dyeing.
Bebeerine (n.) Alt. of Bebirine
Bebirine (n.) An alkaloid got from the bark of the bebeeru, or green heart of Guiana (Nectandra Rodioei). It is a tonic, antiperiodic, and febrifuge, and is used in medicine as a substitute for quinine.
Bebleed (v. t.) To make bloody; to stain with blood.
Beblood (v. t.) Alt. of Bebloody
Bebloody (v. t.) To make bloody; to stain with blood.
Beblot (v. t.) To blot; to stain.
Beblubber (v. t.) To make swollen and disfigured or sullied by weeping; as, her eyes or cheeks were beblubbered.
Becalmed (imp. & p. p.) of Becalm
Becalming (n.) of Becalm
Becalm (v. t.) To render calm or quiet; to calm; to still; to appease.
Becalm (v. t.) To keep from motion, or stop the progress of, by the stilling of the wind; as, the fleet was becalmed.
Became () imp. of Become.
Becard (n.) A South American bird of the flycatcher family. (Tityra inquisetor).
Because (conj.) By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that.
Because (conj.) In order that; that.
Beccabunga (n.) See Brooklime.
Beccaficos (pl. ) of Beccafico
Beccafico (n.) A small bird. (Silvia hortensis), which is highly prized by the Italians for the delicacy of its flesh in the autumn, when it has fed on figs, grapes, etc.
Bechamel (n.) A rich, white sauce, prepared with butter and cream.
Bechance (adv.) By chance; by accident.
Bechance (v. t. & i.) To befall; to chance; to happen to.
Becharm (v. t.) To charm; to captivate.
Beche de mer () The trepang.
Bechic () Pertaining to, or relieving, a cough.
Bechic (n.) A medicine for relieving coughs.
Beck (n.) See Beak.
Beck (n.) A small brook.