besleep
besleep · besleeps · beslept · besleeping
To sleep; have a sleep; sleep withTo sleep; have a sleep; sleep with.
Meaning
1 senses(archaic, reflexive)To sleep; have a sleep; sleep with.
Origin
From Middle English beslepen, from Old English beslǣpan (“to sleep, sleep through, sleep oFrom Middle English beslepen, from Old English beslǣpan (“to sleep, sleep through, sleep over”), equivalent to be- + sleep. Compare West Frisian besliepe (“to sleep with”), Dutch beslapen (“to sleep with”), German beschlafen (“to lay with”).
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Forms
besleeps, besleeping, beslept, besleptLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.