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benothing

benothing verb: to reduce to nothing; annihilate.

Verb

benothing (third-person singular simple present benothings, present participle benothinging, simple past and past participle benothinged)

  1. (obsolete, rare, transitive) To reduce to nothing; annihilate.
    • Now leave we Ywain to his fighting and turn we to the lady, that was there heavily cast down to be so left and benothinged.1915, Sir Henry John Newbolt, Aladore - Page 58

Forms of benothing

third-person singular presentbenothings
present participlebenothinging
past participlebenothinged
pastbenothinged

Origin of benothing

From be- + nothing.

Questions about benothing

What does benothing mean?
Benothing means to reduce to nothing; annihilate.
What part of speech is benothing?
Benothing is a verb.
What is the past tense of benothing?
The past tense of benothing is benothinged.

Words near benothing in the dictionary

  1. benorterone
  2. benorth
  3. benorylate
  4. Benos
  5. benote
  6. benothing
  7. benothinged
  8. benow
  9. Benowangan
  10. benoxafos
  11. benoxaprofen

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