beshake en · VERB
Etymology
From be- + shake.
Meanings
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(transitive) To shake roughly or violently.
Once away, he exclaimed in a heat of self-accusation, "I could beshake me! What manner of guardiance and conduction have I offered you?"
1914, Alber Hale Plumb, When mayflowers blossom: a romance of Plymouth's first years - Page 350:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| beshaken | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| beshakes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| beshaking | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| beshook | Tense=Past | lexicographic |