v. Obs. [f. BE- 6 + BEAST.]
1. trans. To make a beast of.
1640. Bp. Reynolds, Passions, xl. 527. [He] hath … be-beasted himselfe by setting his Desires onely on Transitory and Perishable goods.
1713. Beveridge, Priv. Th. (1730), 127. To … be-beast themselves by drinking to Excess.
2. To treat as a beast; to call ‘beast.’
1659. Eades, Christ’s Exalt., 16. They will … bebeast themselves, for their carlesness. Ibid., Wisd. Justif., 72. They will condemn themselves, and befoole and bebeast themselves.
