bespice

English

Etymology

be- +‎ spice

Verb

bespice (third-person singular simple present bespices, present participle bespicing, simple past and past participle bespiced)

1. (transitive) To season with spice, or with some spicy drug.
   • c. 1610–1611, William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale, act 1, scene 2, lines 312–318:

     Ay, and thou, / His cupbearer […] / mightst bespice a cup / To give mine enemy a lasting wink; / Which draught to me were cordial.