Part 9

~Beaten~, _a._ ~1.~ Worn by use, much travelled.

~2.~ Hackneyed, trite, common, common-place.

~Beatific~, _a._ Ravishing, enchanting.

~Beatification~, _n._ ~1.~ Beatifying (_especially the act of the pope in declaring a person happy after death_).

~2.~ Bliss, BEATITUDE.

~Beatify~, _v. a._ Enrapture, enchant, transport, enravish, make happy.

~Beating~, _n._ ~1.~ Striking, drubbing, flogging, thrashing, cudgelling, pommelling, caning, flagellation, BASTINADO.

~2.~ Beat, pulsation, throb, throbbing.

~Beat into~, [_Colloquial._] Teach (_by laborious effort_), instil, inculcate, implant.

~Beatitude~, _n._ Happiness, bliss, felicity, blessedness, blissfulness, beatification, transport, rapture, heavenly joy.

~Be at loggerheads~, Come to blows, fall to loggerheads, go to loggerheads.

~Beat out~, ~1.~ Flatten (_by hammering_).

~2.~ Exhaust, overcome (_with fatigue_).

~Beat the air~, Make vain efforts, try in vain, lash the waves, fish in the air, milk the ram.

~Beau~, _n._ ~1.~ Fop, dandy, coxcomb, exquisite, macaroni, popinjay, jackanapes, jack-a-dandy, man of dress.

~2.~ Gallant, lover, admirer, suitor, sweetheart, CICISBEO.

~Beau ideal~, [Fr.] Ideal beauty, ideal excellence, ideal standard.

~Beau-monde~, _n._ [Fr.] Gay world, fashionable world, people of fashion, genteel people.

~Beauteous~, _a._ [_Poetical._] BEAUTIFUL.

~Beauties~, _n. pl._ ~1.~ Anthology, selections, elegant extracts.

~2.~ Beautiful persons (_especially beautiful women_).

~Beautiful~, _a._ Handsome, fair, fine, elegant, graceful, PRETTY, BEAUTEOUS.

~Beautify~, _v. a._ Adorn, decorate, embellish, deck, bedeck, BEDIZEN, ornament, emblazon, gild, array, garnish, grace, set, TRICK OUT, set off, make beautiful.

~Beauty~, _n._ ~1.~ Elegance, grace, symmetry.

~2.~ Comeliness, seemliness, fairness, loveliness, attractiveness.

~3.~ Fine part, special grace, particular excellence.

~4.~ Beautiful person (_especially a beautiful woman_).

~Beaux-esprits~, _n. pl._ [Fr.] Men of wit, men of genius.

~Beaver~, _n._ ~1.~ Fur of the beaver.

~2.~ Hat.

~3.~ Face-guard (_of a helmet_).

~Be beat out~, Be exhausted, be fagged, be greatly fatigued.

~Be brought to bed~, Be confined, lie in, be in child-bed.

~Becafico~, _n._ Fig-eater, fig-pecker, greater pettychaps, garden warbler (_Sylvia hortensis_).

~Be called~, Be named, go by the name of, take the name of, pass under the name of.

~Becalm~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Quiet, soothe, calm, tranquillize, pacify, make calm, make tranquil.

~2.~ Detain by a calm (_as a ship_).

~Be cast away~, ~1.~ Be thrown aside.

~2.~ Be shipwrecked.

~Because~, _conj._ ~1.~ For, since, as, for the cause that, for the reason that, on this account that, inasmuch as.

~2.~ On account, by reason.

~Bèche-de-mer~, _n._ [Fr.] Trepang, sea-cucumber, sea-slug.

~Beck~, _n._ Nod, bow.

~Beckon~, _v. n._ Make a sign, give a signal.

~Beckon~, _v. a._ Call by a sign or signal.

~Becloud~, _v. a._ Dim, bedim, obscure, darken, cloud.

~Become~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Be.

~2.~ Change to, be changed to, be converted into, get to be, come to be.

~Become~, _v. a._ Suit, befit, be suitable to, be proper for, be appropriate to.

~Becoming~, _a._ ~1.~ Fit, proper, suitable, meet, appropriate, congruous, right, seemly.

~2.~ Comely, graceful, neat, pretty.

~Become of~, Be the fate of, be the end of, be the final condition of.

~Be confined~, ~1.~ Be restrained, be shut up, be shut in.

~2.~ Be brought to bed, lie in, be in child-bed.

~Bed~, _n._ ~1.~ Couch, BERTH, resting-place, place to sleep in.

~2.~ Raised plot (_of ground_).

~3.~ Layer, stratum, seam, vein.

~Bed~, _v. a._ Embed.

~Bedaub~, _v. a._ Smear, daub, besmear, soil, daub over.

~Bedeck~, _v. a._ Adorn, decorate, embellish, beautify, ornament, deck, emblazon, gild, array, garnish, grace, BEDIZEN, set out, set off, TRICK OUT.

~Bedew~, _v. a._ Moisten, wet, damp, dampen.

~Bedim~, _v. a._ Darken, dim, obscure, cloud, becloud.

~Bedizen~, _v. a._ Adorn (_gaudily_), deck, BEDECK.

~Bedlam~, _n._ Madhouse, lunatic hospital, lunatic asylum, hospital for the insane.

~Bedlamite~, _n._ Madman, lunatic, maniac, crazy person, insane person.

~Bedouin~, _n._ Nomadic Arab.

~Bedridden~, _a._ Confined to the bed.

~Beef~, _n._ Flesh of neat-cattle.

~Bee-house~, _n._ Apiary, beehive.

~Bee-line~, _n._ Straight line, right line, shortest distance, most direct line.

~Bee-moth~, _n._ Wax-moth.

~Beetle~, _v. n._ Protrude, project, jut, jut out, hang over.

~Beetle-head~, _n._ Simpleton, fool, DUNCE.

~Beetle-headed~, _a._ Dull, stupid, obtuse, foolish, senseless, witless, insensible, sluggish, slow of apprehension, void of understanding.

~Beeves~, _n. pl._ Neat-cattle.

~Befall~, _v. a._ Betide, overtake, happen to.

~Befall~, _v. n._ Happen, occur, take place.

~Befit~, _v. a._ Suit, fit, become, be suitable or proper for, be appropriate for.

~Befitting~, _a._ Becoming, suitable, fit, proper, right, meet, seemly, appropriate, congruous.

~Befool~, _v. a._ Infatuate, dupe, deceive, delude, cheat, chouse, trick, diddle, hoax, stultify, hoodwink, circumvent, overreach, beguile, bamboozle, impose upon, practise upon, play upon, make a fool of.

~Before~, _prep._ ~1.~ Preceding.

~2.~ Prior to, previous to.

~3.~ In the presence of, face to face with.

~4.~ Near the front of, in front of.

~Before~, _ad._ ~1.~ Toward the front.

~2.~ In advance, farther onward.

~3.~ Formerly, in time past, of old.

~4.~ Hitherto, up to that time.

~5.~ Above, in a former part.

~Beforehand~, _ad._ Previously, in anticipation, in advance.

~Beforehand~, _a._ Forehanded, in comfortable circumstances (_as respects property_), well off, well to do.

~Before the wind~, With the wind, in the direction of the wind.

~Befoul~, _v. a._ Soil, pollute, daggle, draggle, foul, bemire, dirty.

~Befriend~, _v. a._ Favor, encourage, patronize, countenance, assist, help, aid, benefit, act as a friend to, do a good turn for, be kind to.

~Beg~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Crave, solicit, beseech, implore, supplicate, conjure, pray for, petition for, seek by petition, ask earnestly.

~2.~ Assume, take for granted, consider as true.

~Beg~, _v. n._ Solicit charity, ask alms.

~Beget~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Generate, procreate, engender, breed, get, be the father of.

~2.~ Produce, originate, give rise to.

~Beggar~, _n._ Mendicant, pauper, starveling, poor or indigent person.

~Beggar~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Impoverish, ruin, render poor, reduce to poverty, bring to want.

~2.~ Surpass, exceed, go beyond, be above, put at fault, show to be inadequate.

~Beggarly~, _a._ ~1.~ Destitute, indigent, needy, poor.

~2.~ Sorry, mean, abject, base, low, paltry, shabby, vile, scurvy, miserable, contemptible, despicable, pitiful, pitiable, servile, slavish, grovelling, base-minded, low-minded, mean-spirited.

~Beggary~, _n._ Poverty, indigence, penury, destitution, want, distress, mendicancy, mendicity.

~Begin~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Originate, arise, take rise.

~2.~ Commence, make a beginning, take the first step, break ground, break the ice.

~Begin~, _v. a._ Commence, institute, originate, enter upon, set about, set on foot, set in operation.

~Beginner~, _n._ Tyro, novice.

~Beginning~, _n._ ~1.~ Commencement, outset, opening, start.

~2.~ Origin, source, rise.

~Begird~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Gird, bind with a girdle.

~2.~ Surround, encompass, environ, encircle, enclose, engird.

~Begone~, _interj._ ~1.~ Depart, go away, haste away, be off, get thee gone.

~2.~ Away, let us go, let us be off.

~Begrudge~, _v. a._ Grudge, envy the possession of.

~Beguile~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Delude, cheat, deceive, BEFOOL.

~2.~ Divert, amuse, entertain, cheer, solace.

~Behalf~, _n._ Benefit, advantage, profit, interest, account, behoof.

~Be hanged~, Come to the gallows.

~Behave~, _v. n._ Act, conduct one's self, demean one's self, acquit one's self, behave one's self.

~Behave one's self~, BEHAVE.

~Behavior~, _n._ Deportment (_on particular occasions_), conduct, bearing, demeanor, carriage, manner, mien, air, port.

~Behead~, _v. a._ Decapitate, decollate, deprive of the head.

~Beheading~, _n._ Decapitation, decollation.

~Behest~, _n._ Command, commandment, mandate, order, precept, injunction, direction, charge, bidding.

~Behind~, _prep._ ~1.~ ABAFT, at the back of, in the rear of.

~2.~ After, following.

~Behind~, _ad._ ~1.~ Backward, back.

~2.~ ABAFT, aft, ASTERN, rearward, in the rear, at the back.

~Behindhand~, _a._ Backward, late, tardy, after the usual time.

~Behind the curtain~, Hid, concealed, in concealment.

~Behold~, _v. a._ See, observe, view, descry, discern, look upon, set one's eyes on.

~Behold~, _interj._ See, look, observe, lo.

~Beholden~, _a._ Obliged, indebted, grateful, thankful, under obligation.

~Beholder~, _n._ Observer, spectator, looker-on.

~Behoof~, _n._ Advantage, benefit, profit, interest, account, behoof.

~Behoove~, _v. a._ Become, befit, beseem, be fit for, be proper for, be meet for.

~Be in earnest~, Be serious, be not jesting.

~Being~, ~1.~ Existence, subsistence.

~2.~ Creature, substance, thing.

~Be in the ascendant~, Have superior influence, have commanding influence.

~Be in the wrong box~, Mistake, err, make a mistake, BARK UP THE WRONG TREE.

~Be it so~, ~1.~ Suppose it to be so.

~2.~ Amen, so be it, let it be so.

~Belabor~, _v. a._ Thump, beat, strike, knock, lay blows upon.

~Belated~, _a._ Retarded, hindered, made late.

~Belay~, _v. a._ (_Naut._) Fasten, make fast.

~Belch~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Eject (_as wind from the stomach_), discharge.

~2.~ Throw out violently, cast forth.

~Belch~, _v. n._ ~1.~ ERUCTATE, eject wind from the stomach.

~2.~ Be ejected violently.

~Belching~, _n._ Eructation.

~Beldam~, _n._ Hag, Jezebel, virago, vixen, fury, she-monster, ugly old woman.

~Beleaguer~, _v. a._ Besiege, invest, beset, lay siege to.

~Bel-esprit~, _n._ [Fr. _pl._ _Beaux-esprits_.] Wit, man of wit, man of genius.

~Belfry~, _n._ Campanile.

~Belial~, _n._ Satan, DEVIL, Apollyon, arch-fiend.

~Belie~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Falsify, misrepresent, represent falsely.

~2.~ Give the lie to, convict of falsehood, show to be false, charge with falsehood.

~Belief~, _n._ ~1.~ Credence, credit, confidence, trust, reliance, persuasion, FAITH.

~2.~ Doctrine, tenet, dogma, opinion, creed, article of faith, profession of faith.

~Believe~, _v. a._ Credit, give credit to, think to be true, give faith to, put faith in, rely upon, make no doubt of, put confidence in.

~Believe~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Exercise faith, have faith, have a firm persuasion.

~2.~ Think, suppose, conceive, fancy, apprehend, imagine, hold. OPINE, be of opinion, entertain the idea, take it.

~Belike~, _ad._ [_Colloquial._] Probably, perhaps, mayhap, it may be, it is likely.

~Belladonna~, _n._ Banewort, dwale, deadly nightshade (_Atropa belladonna_).

~Belle~, _n._ Beautiful young lady, fair damsel.

~Belles-lettres~, _n. pl._ [Fr.] Polite literature, elegant literature, the humanities.

~Belligerent~, _a._ ~1.~ Carrying on war, engaged in war, waging war.

~2.~ Of belligerents.

~3.~ Warlike, hostile.

~Belligerent~, _n._ Belligerent state or nation.

~Bellow~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Roar (_as a beast_).

~2.~ Vociferate, clamor, yell, howl, cry, bawl, make a loud outcry.

~Bell-pepper~, _n._ Red pepper (_of the garden._ _Capsicum annuum_).

~Bell-shaped~, _a._ (_Bot._) Campanulate.

~Belly~, _n._ ~1.~ Abdomen, paunch.

~2.~ Convexity, swell, swelling, bulge, protuberance.

~Belly-ache~, _n._ Colic, pain in the bowels.

~Belong to~, ~1.~ Be the property of, be possessed by.

~2.~ Regard, appertain to, pertain to, relate to, refer to, be related to, have reference to.

~3.~ Be appendent to, constitute a part of, be connected with.

~4.~ Be incumbent on, be the duty of, devolve on.

~5.~ Be a resident of, have a legal residence in.

~Beloved~, _a._ Dear, darling, much loved.

~Below~, _prep._ ~1.~ Under, beneath, underneath.

~2.~ Unbecoming, unworthy of.

~Below~, _ad._ ~1.~ Under, beneath, underneath.

~2.~ On the earth.

~3.~ In hell, in the lower regions, in the regions of the dead.

~Belt~, _n._ Girdle, cincture, cestus, band.

~Bemire~, _v. a._ Daggle, draggle, befoul, foul, dirty, soil.

~Bemoan~, _v. a._ Bewail, lament, deplore, moan over, mourn over, express sorrow for.

~Bemused~, _a._ Stupefied, confused, bewildered, MUZZY, half-drunk.

~Bench~, _n._ ~1.~ Long seat.

~2.~ Court, tribunal, body of judges.

~Bend~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Curve, crook, bow, incurvate, make crooked.

~2.~ Direct, turn towards, incline towards.

~3.~ Exert, apply earnestly, direct attentively.

~4.~ Subdue, cause to yield, bring to submission, make submissive.

~5.~ (_Naut._) Fasten, make fast.

~Bend~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Crook, be crooked, be bent, be curved.

~2.~ Lean, incline, turn.

~Bend~, _n._ ~1.~ Curve, curvity, curvature, flexure, angle, elbow, crook, incurvation, ARCUATION.

~2.~ Bight, coil.

~Beneath~, _prep._ ~1.~ Under, underneath, below.

~2.~ Unbecoming, unbefitting, unworthy of.

~Beneath~, _ad._ Below.

~Benedict~, _n._ Married man.

~Benediction~, _n._ Blessing, benison, invocation of happiness.

~Benefaction~, _n._ Gift, donation, gratuity, grant, offering, contribution, boon, present, alms, charity.

~Benefice~, _n._ Ecclesiastical living.

~Beneficence~, _n._ Charity, bounty, liberality, generosity, alms- giving, active goodness, kind action, doing of good.

~Beneficient~, _a._ Bountiful, munificent, liberal, generous, bounteous, princely, kind.

~Beneficial~, _a._ Useful, profitable, advantageous, helpful, serviceable, salutary, good, for one's advantage, for one's good, for one's interest.

~Benefit~, _n._ ~1.~ Favor, service, act of kindness, good turn, kind office.

~2.~ Advantage, profit, avail, gain, good, utility, behalf, behoof, account, interest.

~Benefit~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Befriend, help, serve, do good to, be useful to, advance the interest of, confer a favor on.

~2.~ Profit, advantage, avail, be of advantage to.

~Benevolence~, _n._ Kindness, benignity, kind-heartedness, humanity, tenderness, charitableness, good-will, disposition to do good, milk of human kindness.

~Benevolent~, _a._ Kind, benignant, benign, kind-hearted, obliging, humane, tender, charitable, disposed to do good.

~Benighted~, _a._ ~1.~ Overtaken with night.

~2.~ Involved in darkness.

~Benign~, _a._ ~1.~ Kind, benevolent, gracious, complaisant, humane, obliging, benignant, good, amiable, friendly, kind-hearted, tender- hearted, of a gentle disposition.

~2.~ (_Med._) Mild, of a mild nature.

~Benignant~, _a._ Kind, BENIGN.

~Benignity~, _n._ ~1.~ Kindness, graciousness, benevolence, complaisance, humanity, amiability, amenity, friendliness, kind- heartedness, fellow-feeling, good feeling, good humor, good temper, obliging manner.

~2.~ [_Rare._] Mildness.

~Benison~, _n._ Blessing, benediction.

~Benne~, _n._ Sesame, oil-plant.

~Bent~, _n._ Disposition, inclination, tendency, turn, PENCHANT, leaning, bias, propensity, proclivity, predisposition, predilection, partiality, liking, fondness, proneness, appetency.

~Bent~, _a._ Crooked, hooked, bowed, curved, aduncous, ARCUATE, INCURVATE.

~Benumb~, _v. a._ Stupefy, paralyze, deaden, blunt, make torpid, render insensible.

~Be of opinion~, Think, believe, conclude, judge, suppose, imagine, fancy, deem, WERN, OPINE, hold, entertain the idea, take it.

~Be on the carpet~, Be under consideration, be upon the tapis.

~Bequeath~, _v. a._ Leave, demise, devise, will, give by will.

~Bequest~, _n._ Legacy, devise.

~Berate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Scold, chide, reprimand, rate.

~2.~ ABUSE, vilify, defame.

~Bereave~, _v. a._ Deprive (_of something that cannot be restored_), dispossess, divest, take away from.

~Bereavement~, _n._ Deprivation, loss (_especially of friends by death_).

~Berth~, _n._ (_Naut._) ~1.~ Ship's station.

~2.~ Bed, place to sleep in.

~3.~ Situation, office, post, employment, place.

~Beseech~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Entreat, beg, implore, supplicate, petition, conjure, ADJURE, pray to.

~2.~ Solicit, ask, petition for, pray for, beg for.

~Beseem~, _v. a._ Become, bent, be proper for, be appropriate for, be meet for.

~Be seized of~, Possess, have possession of, be possessed of.

~Be selfish~, Indulge one's self, coddle one's self, consult one's own wishes, interest, or pleasure; take care of, or look after, number one; have an eye to the main chance.

~Beset~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Surround, encompass, environ, encircle, enclose, besiege, hem in.

~2.~ Embarrass, perplex, entangle.

~Beshrew~, _v. a._ Execrate, wish evil to, implore a curse upon.

~Beside~, _prep._ ~1.~ Near, close to, at the side of, by the side of.

~2.~ Except, save, over and above, in addition to, distinct from.

~3.~ Aside from, out of the way of, out of the course of, not according to.

~4.~ Out of, not in possession of.

~Besides~, _prep._ ~1.~ Near, close to, at the side of, by the side of.

~2.~ Except, save, over and above, in addition to, distinct from.

~3.~ Aside from, out of the way of, out of the course of, not according to.

~4.~ Out of, not in possession of.

~Beside~, _ad._ ~1.~ Moreover, yet, too, also, furthermore, more than that, over and above, in addition.

~2.~ Else.

~Besides~, _ad._ ~1.~ Moreover, yet, too, also, furthermore, more than that, over and above, in addition.

~2.~ Else.

~Besiege~, _v. a._ Surround (_with a military force_), beset, beleaguer, invest, lay siege to.

~Besmear~, _v. a._ Bedaub, daub, smear, soil, bespatter, daub over.

~Besot~, _v. a._ Infatuate, stultify, stupefy, befool, make sottish, make foolish.

~Bespatter~, _v. a._ Spatter (_with something filthy_), bedaub, BESMEAR.

~Bespeak~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Order, speak for beforehand.

~2.~ [_Rare._] Forebode, foretell, predict.

~3.~ Indicate, imply, proclaim, declare, betoken, show.

~Best~, _a._ ~1.~ Most good, most excellent, superlatively good, good in the highest degree.

~2.~ Most wise, most judicious, most expedient.

~Best~, _ad._ ~1.~ Most of all, in the highest degree, beyond all others.

~2.~ With most propriety, most profitably or advantageously, to the greatest advantage.

~3.~ Most intimately, most thoroughly, most completely.

~4.~ With the highest qualification, by the clearest title.

~Best~, _n._ ~1.~ Highest perfection.

~2.~ Utmost, greatest effort, highest endeavor, the most that can be done.

~Bestial~, _a._ Beastly, brutal, brutish, irrational, sensual.

~Bestir one's self~, Labor, work, toil, strive, fall to work, exert one's self, rouse one's self, trouble one's self, busy one's self, take pains, be busy, be active, be quick, BEAR A HAND.

~Bestow~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Put, place, stow, deposit, lay up in store.

~2.~ Give, accord, grant, impart, CONFER.

~3.~ Use, apply, make use of.

~Bestower~, _n._ Giver, disposer, donor, DONATOR.

~Bestride~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Straddle, stride over.

~2.~ Ride upon astraddle.

~Bet~, _n._ Wager, stake.

~Bet~, _v. n._ Wager, lay a wager, make a bet.

~Bet~, _v. a._ Stake, pledge, wager, lay, wage.

~Betake one's self~, Resort, repair, apply, have recourse.

~Bethink one's self~, Consider, reflect, take thought.

~Betide~, _v. a._ Befall, overtake, happen to, come to.

~Betime~, _ad._ Seasonably, early, before it is too late.

~Betimes~, _ad._ Seasonably, early, before it is too late.

~Betoken~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Signify, denote, indicate, represent, typify, imply, prove, show, argue.

~2.~ Prefigure, foreshow, foreshadow, portend, augur, presignify.

~Betray~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Deliver up (_by breach of trust_), give up treacherously.

~2.~ Violate the confidence of, disclose the secrets of, deceive by treachery.

~3.~ Discover, divulge, reveal, tell, blab, show, make known.

~4.~ Mislead, lure, insnare, entrap, inveigle.

~Betroth~, _v. a._ Affiance, pledge in marriage, engage to marry.

~Betrothment~, _n._ Engagement.

~Better~, _a._ ~1.~ More good, more excellent, good in a higher degree.

~2.~ More useful, more valuable.

~3.~ Preferable, more desirable, more acceptable.

~4.~ More fit, more appropriate, more suitable.

~5.~ Improved in health, less ill.

~6.~ More familiar, more intimate.

~Better~, _n._ ~1.~ Superiority, advantage.

~2.~ Improvement, greater good.

~3.~ Superior.

~Better~, _ad._ ~1.~ In a superior manner, in a more excellent way, more fully, more completely.

~2.~ With greater advantage, more usefully or profitably.

~3.~ More, in a higher degree.

~Better~, _v. a._ Improve, amend, emend, meliorate, ameliorate, reform, make or render better.

~Better-half~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Wife.

~Bettering~, _n._ Improvement, amendment, melioration, amelioration.

~Between~, _prep._ BETWIXT.

~Betwixt~, _prep._ [_Nearly obsolete._] Between.

~Be upon the tapis.~ Be under consideration, be on the carpet.

~Bevel~, _n._ Chamfer.

~Bevel~, _v. a._ Chamfer.

~Beverage~, _n._ Drink, potion.

~Bevy~, _n._ ~1.~ Flock, covey.

~2.~ Company (_especially of women_), party.

~Bewail~, _v. a._ Bemoan, lament, deplore, mourn for, mourn over, express sorrow for.

~Bewail~, _v. n._ Mourn, lament, sorrow, grieve.

~Beware~ _v. n._ Mind, take care, be cautious.

~Bewilder~, _v. a._ Perplex, confound, confuse, embarrass, puzzle, stagger, pose, nonplus, mystify, entangle.

~Bewilderment~, _n._ Perplexity, embarrassment, confusion, entanglement.

~Bewitch~, _v. a._ Charm, fascinate, enchant, captivate, transport, enravish, enrapture, entrance.

~Be with child~, Be pregnant, be big, be ENCEINTE, be in the family way.

~Beyond~, _prep._ ~1.~ On the further side of.

~2.~ Before, at a distance before.

~3.~ Remote from, out of the reach of, out of the grasp of.

~4.~ Farther than.

~5.~ Above, superior to.

~Beyond~, _ad._ Yonder, at a distance.

~Bias~, _n._ Inclination, bent, leaning, tendency, predilection, prepossession, proclivity, proneness, propensity, partiality, prejudice, disposition, predisposition, turn, PENCHANT.

~Bias~, _v. a._ Influence, incline, prejudice, dispose, predispose.

~Bible~, _n._ [Used with _The_ prefixed.] The Scriptures, the Old and New Testaments, the sacred volume.

~Biblical~, _a._ Scriptural.

~Bibliomania~, _n._ Book-madness.

~Bibulous~, _a._ Spongy, porous.

~Bichloride of mercury~, Corrosive sublimate.

~Bicker~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Wrangle, dispute, quarrel, spar, spat, jangle, squabble, TIFF, have words, have an altercation.

~2.~ Quiver, be tremulous.

~Bickering~, _n._ Dispute, quarrel, wrangle, wrangling, jangle, jarring, jangling, sparring, altercation, dissension, contention, strife, war of words.

~Bid~, _n._ Offer (_of a price_), bidding, proposal.

~Bid~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Command, order, require, charge, enjoin, direct.

~2.~ Offer, propose, proffer, tender.

~3.~ Pronounce, declare, utter.

~Bidding~, _n._ ~1.~ Command, order, direction, injunction, precept, behest, requisition, mandate, appointment.

~2.~ Offer (_of a price_), bid, proposal.

~Bide~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Endure, suffer, tolerate, bear, put up with, submit to.

~2.~ Abide, await, wait for.

~Bid fair~, Seem likely, offer a good prospect, present a fair prospect, make a fair promise.

~Big~, _a._ ~1.~ Great, large, huge, bulky, massive, massy.

~2.~ Haughty, arrogant, proud, pompous, important, swelling, blustering, assuming, self-conceited, self-sufficient.

~3.~ Pregnant, ENCEINTE, with child, in the family way.

~Big-bellied~, _a._ Large-bellied, great-bellied, pot-bellied, tun- bellied, abdominous.

~Bight~, _n._ ~1.~ [_Naut._] Bend, coil.

~2.~ Bay, inlet, cove.

~Bigot~, _n._ Zealot, fanatic, enthusiast, dogmatist.

~Bigoted~, _a._ Prejudiced, crotchety, mulish, intolerant, narrow- minded, wrong-headed, self-opinionated, over-zealous, creed-bound, wedded to an opinion.

~Bigotry~, _n._ Prejudice, intolerance, blind zeal.

~Big-sounding~, _a._ High-sounding.

~Big-wig~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Person of consequence.

~Big-wigged~, _a._ Consequential, pompous, self-important.

~Bijou~, _n._ [Fr.] Jewel, trinket, elegant ornament.

~Bijoutry~, _n._ Jewelry, jewels, trinkets.

~Bi-labiate~, _a._ (_Bot._) Two-lipped.

~Bilbo~, _n._ Rapier, short sword.

~Bilboes~, _n. pl._ Shackles, fetters, gyves, chains.

~Bile~, _n._ Gall.