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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

bechecker en · VERB

Etymology

From be- (“about, all over”) + checker.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To cover or mark all over with checkers or a checkered pattern
    • For here, alternate changes bechecker each scene, In which mortals their path have to tread; […] 1842, Universalist Union, volume 7, page 367:
    • And sunshine and shadow bechecker the way; […] 1899, The Harlequin, volume 1, page 136:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
becheckers Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
becheckering Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
becheckered Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
becheckered Tense=Past lexicographic