beslaverv.
/bɪˈslavə/ transitive.
1. To slaver upon or over, to bedrivel; to cover with anything suggesting slaver.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > dirtiness or soiling with specific kinds of dirt > dirty or soil with specific kinds of dirt [verb (transitive)] > dirty with saliva or spittle
spitc950
sputea1225
bespetea1240
bedravel1377
spouta1382
bespitc1384
beslobber1393
spew1526
slabber1579
beslaver1589
slaver1591
spittle1596
bespawl1602
drivel1609
bedribble1620
slop1696
bedrivel1721
slake1808
1589 J. Lyly Pappe with Hatchet C iij Giue the infant a bibbe, hee all to beslauers his mother tongue.
1606 Returne from Pernassus i. iii. sig. B3v One of your reumatick poets, that beslauers all the paper he comes by.
1872 A. C. Swinburne in Fortn. Rev. Sept. 255 Unconscious if any reptile beslaver its base.
2. To cover with fulsome flattery.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > flatter [verb (transitive)]
flatter?c1225
flackera1250
slickc1250
blandishc1305
blandc1315
glozec1330
beflatter1340
curryc1394
elkena1400
glaverc1400
anointa1425
glotherc1480
losenge1480
painta1513
to hold in halsc1560
soothe1580
smooth1584
smooth1591
soothe1601
pepper1654
palp1657
smoothify1694
butter1700
asperse1702
palaver1713
blarney1834
sawder1834
soft-soap1835
to cock up1838
soft-solder1838
soother1842
behoney1845
soap1853
beslaver1861
beslobber1868
smarm1902
sugar1923
sweetmouth1948
smooth-talk1950
1861 Life Ld. Bacon xxii. 498 He was ready to beslaver Majesty infinitely.
Derivatives
beˈslavered adj.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > dirtiness or soiling with specific kinds of dirt > [adjective] > dirty with saliva
slobberya1398
drivelledc1400
slaveryc1430
beslavered1598
slabbered1609
spittly1611
bespawled1612
slobbered1742
spittled1926
1598 E. Guilpin Skialetheia sig. A4 To thinke so well of a scald railing vaine, Which soone is vented in beslauered writs.
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