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bearbaited

bearbaited is the simple past and past participle of bearbait.

Meaning of bearbait

Verb

bearbait (third-person singular simple present bearbaits, present participle bearbaiting, simple past and past participle bearbaited)

  1. To torment or provoke.
    • Creditors, snarling, hound him on from without; mocked Hopes, lost Labours, bearbait him from within: to these torments his fixed-idea keeps him chained.1857, Thomas Carlyle, Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, page 25

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Questions about bearbaited

What is bearbaited the simple past and past participle of?
Bearbaited is the simple past and past participle of bearbait.

Words near bearbaited in the dictionary

  1. bearability
  2. bearable
  3. bearableness
  4. bearably
  5. bearbait
  6. bearbaited
  7. bearbaiter
  8. bearbaiters
  9. bearbaiting
  10. bearbaitings
  11. bearbaits

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