Why this word is great
BESHADOW — [Verb] To cast a shadow around, about, or over; overshadow. From Middle English bischadewen, bischadwen, from Old English besċeaduwian, besċeadan ("to overshadow"), equivalent to be- (intensive prefix) + shadow. Cognate with Dutch beschaduwen ("to shade, adumbrate, shadow") and German beschatten ("to shade, shadow, overshadow"). Unlike "shade" (which dapples) or "overshadow" (which diminishes by metaphor), "beshadow" is the slow, deliberate work of darkness claiming a space. It is the oak’s long fingers stretching across a sunlit path at dusk, the cellar stairs swallowed by the absence of a bulb, or the way a storm cloud smothers a valley whole—a reminder that light is fleeting, but shadow endures.