behell en · VERB
Etymology
From be- + hell.
Meanings
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(ambitransitive) To torture as with pains of hell; give hell (to).
Did behell and rack him ― Hewyt.
Thus a mechanic who feels himself electrically influenced speaks of "brain-kilowatt-hours", or a resistive patient talks of "behelling" injections.
1936, Frederick Walker Mott, Archives of neurology and psychiatry:I have seen them behell a saint for ignorantly drinking an alcoholic drink. Beshrew the sanctimonious riffraff!
2006, Philangi Dasa, Swedenborg the Buddhist:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| behelled | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| behelled | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| behelling | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| behells | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |