Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to besom
Participle: besommed
Gerund: besomming
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | besom |
| you | besom |
| he;she;it | besoms |
| we | besom |
| you | besom |
| they | besom |
Perfect
| I | have besommed |
| you | have besommed |
| he;she;it | has besommed |
| we | have besommed |
| you | have besommed |
| they | have besommed |
Past
| I | besommed |
| you | besommed |
| he;she;it | besommed |
| we | besommed |
| you | besommed |
| they | besommed |
Pluperfect
| I | had besommed |
| you | had besommed |
| he;she;it | had besommed |
| we | had besommed |
| you | had besommed |
| they | had besommed |
Future
| I | will besom |
| you | will besom |
| he;she;it | will besom |
| we | will besom |
| you | will besom |
| they | will besom |
Future Perfect
| I | will have besommed |
| you | will have besommed |
| he;she;it | will have besommed |
| we | will have besommed |
| you | will have besommed |
| they | will have besommed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | besom |
| you | besom |
| he;she;it | besom |
| we | besom |
| you | besom |
| they | besom |
Perfect
| I | have besommed |
| you | have besommed |
| he;she;it | have besommed |
| we | have besommed |
| you | have besommed |
| they | have besommed |
Imperfect
| I | besommed |
| you | besommed |
| he;she;it | besommed |
| we | besommed |
| you | besommed |
| they | besommed |
Pluperfect
| I | had besommed |
| you | had besommed |
| he;she;it | had besommed |
| we | had besommed |
| you | had besommed |
| they | had besommed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would besom |
| you | would besom |
| he;she;it | would besom |
| we | would besom |
| you | would besom |
| they | would besom |
Perfect
| I | would have besommed |
| you | would have besommed |
| he;she;it | would have besommed |
| we | would have besommed |
| you | would have besommed |
| they | would have besommed |
Imperative
| you | besom |
| we | Let's besom |
| you | besom |
Verbs conjugated like 'besom'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'besom'
besot,
bosom,
beam,
bebop,
become,
bedim,
bedog,
befoam,
befog,
begem,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English besme, beseme, from Old English besma, besema (“besom, broom, rod”), from Proto-West Germanic *besmō (“broom”).
Sample Sentences
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Now, in her iceberg-white, holily laundered crinoline nightgown, under virtuous polar sheets, in her spruced and scoured dust-defying bedroom in trig and trim Bay View, a house for paying guests at the top of the town, Mrs Ogmore-Prichard widow, twice, of Mr Ogmore, linolium, retired, and Mr Prichard, failed bookmaker, who maddened by besoming, swabbing and scrubbing, the voice of the vacuum-cleaner and the fume of polish, ironically swallowed disinfectant... [1954, Dylan Thomas, Under Milk Wood […] , New York: New Directions, page 13:]