different between demist vs bemist

English

Etymology

de- +? mist

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /di??m?st/

Verb

demist (third-person singular simple present demists, present participle demisting, simple past and past participle demisted)

1. (transitive) To remove the layer of fine liquid particles from the surface of (a window or mirror).

Related terms

• demister

Translations

Anagrams

• MiSTed, demits, midest, midset, misted, smited

English

Etymology

From be- +? mist.

Verb

bemist (third-person singular simple present bemists, present participle bemisting, simple past and past participle bemisted)

1. (transitive) To cover or envelop with mist, or as with mist.
   • 1959, International Agricultural Aviation Centre, European Agricultural Aviation Centre, The Hague, Agricultural aviation: Volumes 1-6:

     For destroying Gypsy Moth caterpillars in the forests of Yugoslavia, the method of bemisting from the aeroplane with DDT preparations has been applied so far... In the first place, among other defects, the residual effect of the poison in bemisting is very short [...]