Rechill vs Bechill - What's the difference?
rechill | bechill |
To effect a chill upon; give a chill to; chill all over; make chilly.
*1875 , Nathaniel Dunn, Satan chained: a poem - Page 69 :
*1890 , Samuel R Brown, May-day dreams, Passion flowers, Poetic flights and prosy thoughts :
*1991 , W. H. Auden, Collected Poems: Auden - Page 342 :
*2006 , Michele Hauf, Rhiana :
*2009 , Marion Dianne Werra-Baburchak, Reflections on Water - Page 113 :
In transitive terms the difference between rechill and bechill
is that rechill is to chill again while bechill is to effect a chill upon; give a chill to; chill all over; make chilly.bechill
English
Verb
(en verb)- The god, in fine, of every savage tribe. And as he stood, a thrill of dread instinct, As from a serpent coiled, bechilled the whole Assembly.
- What brings the tears to other eyes But freezes them in mine, And what bechills another heart Fans into flame my own.
- Louder on nights when in cold glory The full moon made its meditative tour, To rich chords from her grand black piano She sang the disappointment that is Man For all her lawns and orchards: Slowly The spreading ache bechills the rampant glow Of fortune-hunting blood, [...]
- "[...] The weather bechills me, and the wounded rampant will not show again this day, to be sure."
- Attempting rescue from bechilled tomorrows [...]
