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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

bemark en · VERB

Etymology

From be- + mark. Cognate with Saterland Frisian bemäärke, German Low German bemarken, German bemerken.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete, rare, transitive) To mark with the sign of the cross; mark oneself.
  2. (transitive) To mark or cover with marks; mark up.
    • [...] commuter frenzy as soon they'll be charging en masse from Market and Sansome buildings on foot and in buses and all well-dressed thru workingman Frisco of Walkup?? truck drivers and even the poor grime-bemarked Third Steet of lost bums [...] 1960, Jack Kerouac, Lonesome traveler:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
bemarks Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
bemarking Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
bemarked Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
bemarked Tense=Past lexicographic