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berascal

berascal verb: to accuse of being a rascal or to treat as a rascal.

Verb

berascal (third-person singular simple present berascals, present participle (US) berascaling or (UK) berascalling, simple past and past participle (US) berascaled or (UK) berascalled)

  1. (archaic) To accuse of being a rascal or to treat as a rascal.
    • She beknaved, berascalled, berogued the unhappy hero, who stood silent, confounded with astonishment, but more with shame and indignation, at being thus outwitted and overreached.1743, Henry Fielding, The Life and Death of Jonathan Wild, the Great
    • The brothers berascaled each other till they were hoarse, and our hero was, with regret we mention it, kicked out of doors, which kick was accompanied with a trifling curse.1790, Memoirs of a Social Monster: Or, the History of Charles Price

Forms of berascal

third-person singular presentberascals
present participle USberascaling
present participle UKberascalling
past participle USberascaled
past USberascaled
past participle UKberascalled
past UKberascalled

Origin of berascal

From be- + rascal.

Questions about berascal

What does berascal mean?
Berascal means to accuse of being a rascal or to treat as a rascal.
What part of speech is berascal?
Berascal is a verb.
What is the past tense of berascal?
The past tense of berascal is berascaled.

Words near berascal in the dictionary

  1. Berardinelli-Seip lipodystrophy
  2. Berardinellis
  3. Berardino
  4. Berardis
  5. Berards
  6. berascal
  7. berascalled
  8. berascalling
  9. berascals
  10. Berastegi
  11. Berat

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