v. [f. BE- 1 + SCREEN v.] trans. To hide from sight, to screen; to cover with shade, overshadow, darken.
1592. Shaks., Rom. & Jul., II. ii. 52. What man art thou, that thus bescreen’d [Qo. 1. beskrind] in night So stumblest on my counsell.
1657. Tomlinson, Renou’s Disp., Pref. Ignorance beskreens the soul.
1855. Singleton, Virgil, I. 48. Which you bescreens With broken shade.
