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bemangle

bemangle verb: to mangle; to tear asunder.

Verb

bemangle (third-person singular simple present bemangles, present participle bemangling, simple past and past participle bemangled)

  1. (transitive) To mangle; to tear asunder.
    • To his bemangled shape of horror1648, Joseph Beaumont, “(please specify the canto number)”, in Psyche: Or Loves Mysterie, […], London: […] John Dawson for George Boddington, […], →OCLC

Forms of bemangle

third-person singular presentbemangles
present participlebemangling
past participlebemangled
pastbemangled

Origin of bemangle

From be- + mangle.

Questions about bemangle

What does bemangle mean?
Bemangle means to mangle; to tear asunder.
What part of speech is bemangle?
Bemangle is a verb.
What is the past tense of bemangle?
The past tense of bemangle is bemangled.

Words near bemangle in the dictionary

  1. bemads
  2. bemagicked
  3. bemalambdid
  4. bemalambdids
  5. beman
  6. bemangle
  7. bemangled
  8. bemangling
  9. bemans
  10. bemar
  11. Bemaraha woolly lemur

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