bepaint

American  

[bih-peynt] / bɪˈpeɪnt /

verb (used with object)

1. to cover or smear with paint.

2. to color or tint.

   a face bepainted with excessive makeup.

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Etymology

Origin of bepaint

First recorded in 1545–55; be- + paint

Example Sentences

Stalin: Thou knowst the iron curtain masks my face Else might I blush, perchance bepaint my cheek, For meeting thee half way.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thou knowest the mask of night is on my face; Else would a maiden blush bepaint my cheek For that which thou hast heard me speak to-night.

From Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare, William

Thou know'st, the mask of night is on my face, Else would a maiden blush bepaint my cheek, For that which thou hast heard me speak to-night!

From The Canadian Elocutionist by Howard, Anna Kelsey

Thou know'st the mask of night is on my face, Else would a maiden blush bepaint my cheek, For that which thou hast heard me speak to-night.

From Shakspere, Personal Recollections by Joyce, John A.

Thou know'st the mask of night is on my face, Else would a maiden blush bepaint my cheek For that which thou hast heard me speak to-night.

From William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale by Curling, Henry