bejesuit

English

Etymology

From be- +‎ Jesuit.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /bɪˈdʒɛz.ju.ɪt/

Verb

bejesuit (third-person singular simple present bejesuits, present participle bejesuiting, simple past and past participle bejesuited)

  1. (rare, transitive) To subject (someone) to Jesuits or Jesuit belief.
    • 1644, John Milton, Areopagitica‎[1]:
      who hath so bejesuited us that we should trouble that man with asking licence to doe so worthy a deed?

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