Besmokes

/bɪˈsmoʊks/ verb

Definition

Third-person singular present tense: he, she, or it covers or fills with smoke.

Etymology

From besmoke plus the -s ending for third-person singular.

Kelly Says

Regular verbs in English are so reliable that we barely notice them, but their regularity is actually a relatively recent development. Old English had many more irregular verbs, and we've been slowly regularizing them—besmokes follows a pattern that's now five hundred years standard.

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