bepaint

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁epsder.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi

Proto-Germanic *bider.

Proto-Germanic *bi-

Proto-West Germanic *bi-

Old English be-

Middle English bi-

English be-

English paint

English bepaint

From 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)

(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.