bepinch en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /bɪˈpɪnt͡ʃ/
Etymology
From be- + pinch.
Meanings
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(archaic, transitive) To pinch, or mark with pinches.
shoulders , all bepinch'd
[1611?], Homer, “Book XXIII”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new edition, volume I, London: Charles Knight and Co., […], 1843, →OCLC:
- (dialectal, transitive) To pinch all over.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bepinched | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| bepinched | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| bepinching | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| bepinches | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |