bepaint

English

Etymology

be- +‎ paint

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eɪnt

Verb

bepaint (third-person singular simple present bepaints, present participle bepainting, simple past and past participle bepainted)

1. (transitive) To paint; to cover or color with, or as with, paint.
   • c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:

     Else would a maiden blush bepaint my cheek.