beplaster

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /bɪˈplæstɚ/ UK /bɪˈplɑːstə/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to cover thickly with plaster or, figuratively, with praise

Critics beplastered the debut novel with effusive blurbs.

Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to cover thickly with... smear daub coat cover overlay

Word family

Related forms plaster

Etymology

From be- ('all over') + plaster, from Old English plaster, from Late Latin plastrum, from Latin emplastrum ('plaster, salve'), from Greek emplastron.

be- Old English emplastrum Latin

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Actions & Processes Word Formation & Derivatives

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# beplaster

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /bɪˈplæstɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /bɪˈplɑːstə/

## Meanings
1. to cover thickly with plaster or, figuratively, with praise

## Examples
- Critics beplastered the debut novel with effusive blurbs.

## Synonyms
- smear
- daub
- coat
- cover
- overlay

## Related Forms
- plaster

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: be-
- Root: emplastrum

## Etymology
From be- ('all over') + plaster, from Old English plaster, from Late Latin plastrum, from Latin emplastrum ('plaster, salve'), from Greek emplastron.

## AI Etymology
Beplaster comes from be- ('all over') + plaster, from Old English plaster, from Late Latin plastrum, from Latin emplastrum ('plaster, salve'), from Greek emplastron. The historical trail runs through be- in Old English and emplastrum in Latin. Morphologically, beplaster is transparent: it draws on be- ('all over') + plaster, from Old English plaster, from Late Latin plastrum, from Latin emplastrum ('plaster, salve'), from Greek emplastron. Used as a verb, beplaster now means "cover thickly with plaster or, figuratively, with praise", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as plaster. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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