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bemark

bemark verb: to mark with the sign of the cross; mark oneself.

Verb

bemark (third-person singular simple present bemarks, present participle bemarking, simple past and past participle bemarked)

  1. (obsolete, rare, transitive) To mark with the sign of the cross; mark oneself.
  2. (transitive) To mark or cover with marks; mark up.
    • [...] commuter frenzy as soon they'll be charging en masse from Market and Sansome buildings on foot and in buses and all well-dressed thru workingman Frisco of Walkup?? truck drivers and even the poor grime-bemarked Third Steet of lost bums [...]1960, Jack Kerouac, Lonesome traveler

Forms of bemark

third-person singular presentbemarks
present participlebemarking
past participlebemarked
pastbemarked

Origin of bemark

From be- + mark. Cognate with Saterland Frisian bemäärke, German Low German bemarken, German bemerken.

Questions about bemark

What does bemark mean?
Bemark means to mark with the sign of the cross; mark oneself.
What part of speech is bemark?
Bemark is a verb.
What is the past tense of bemark?
The past tense of bemark is bemarked.

Words near bemark in the dictionary

  1. bemar
  2. Bemaraha woolly lemur
  3. bemarbled
  4. bemarinone
  5. bemarituzumab
  6. bemark
  7. bemars
  8. bemas
  9. bemask
  10. bemaster
  11. bemata

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