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bescrape en · VERB

Etymology

From be- (“about, around, excessively, all over”) + scrape.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To scrape all over; scrape excessively.
    • I had rather hear A pedlar's kit bescrape a dancing dog. 1789, Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths, The Monthly review - Volume 81 - Page 218:

Forms

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bescraped Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
bescraped Tense=Past lexicographic
bescrapes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
bescraping Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic