befrost

English

Etymology

From be- (“on, upon, all over”) +‎ frost.

Verb

befrost (third-person singular simple present befrosts, present participle befrosting, simple past and past participle befrosted)

1. (transitive) To place frost upon; cover with frost
   • 1934, Murasaki Shikibu, The Tale of Genji, volumes 1-6, page 131:

     […] The faint wind of your favour, that but for a moment blew, with grief has part befrosted the small sedge of the eaves.

   • 2014, James H. Willis, Victorian Toadstools and Mushrooms:

     Yellow-ochre is the universal colour, and mealy granules befrost the caps (under 1′′ broad) and stems up to their friable, indefinite rings.

   • 2015, Maya Angelou, The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou, page 22:

     She came down creeping
     here to the black arms waiting
     now to the warm heart waiting
     rime of alien dreams befrosts her rich brown face
     She came down creeping […]

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