besonged

besonged

English

Etymology

From be- +‎ song +‎ -ed.

Adjective

besonged (not comparable)

1. Sung to; having a song sung to (one); (by extension) charmed; enchanted
   • 1877, Mrs. Forrester, Mignon - Volume 1 - Page 312:

     Poor besonged, besonneted moon! whom the prosiest pen cannot scribble of without trying to invent a bit of original flattery for!

   • 2010, Melinda Buckwalter, Composing while Dancing:

     A kind of being besonged. I have experienced it as a state of heightened awareness where one possibility after another presents itself like an unfolding path.

Verb

besonged

1. simple past tense and past participle of besong
   • 1987, Grand Street - Volume 6, Issues 3-4 - Page 184:

     Galvani enchanted the hearts and legs of dead frogs by running an electrical current through muscles. That's the word Galvani used: enchantment, incantésimo. Or, as we might say in English, he besonged it, he magicked it with a spell, a charm.