Dictionary

bewrinkle en · VERB

Etymology

From be- + wrinkle.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To make or put a wrinkle (or wrinkles) in; furrow; fill with wrinkles.
   • The old lady did not immediately reply, her head dropped a little on one side, a broad smile bewrinkled the lower part of her well-worn visage; [...] 1905, Elsie M. Wilbor, Steele MacKaye, Delsarte recitation book:
   • Must I bewrinkle my brow, grow crow's feet under my eyes? 1939, Teachers' Union of the City of New York, The New York teacher:
   • … if I were to assert that it can either rend or write; the sneer of contempt would soon bewrinkle, or the stare of surprise would distort, the countenances of my readers. 1821, The Kaleidoscope: or, Literary and scientific mirror

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Deriveds

bewrinkled