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)

(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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