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bescorch

bescorch verb: to scorch about, around, or all over; scorch completely.

Verb

bescorch (third-person singular simple present bescorches, present participle bescorching, simple past and past participle bescorched)

  1. (transitive) To scorch about, around, or all over; scorch completely.
    • Tis like the bursting of the desert stream When to the field, with sultry drought bescorch'd, Between its echoing rocks it rolls its way.1817, Ossian, The poems of Ossian
    • To my well-pleaded plaint on breach of faith Concerning Malta, as at Amiens pledged, Has lighted up anew such brands of ire As may bescorch the world.2007, Thomas Hardy, The Dynasts

Forms of bescorch

third-person singular presentbescorches
present participlebescorching
past participlebescorched
pastbescorched

Origin of bescorch

From be- + scorch.

Questions about bescorch

What does bescorch mean?
Bescorch means to scorch about, around, or all over; scorch completely.
What part of speech is bescorch?
Bescorch is a verb.
What is the past tense of bescorch?
The past tense of bescorch is bescorched.

Words near bescorch in the dictionary

  1. bescattered
  2. bescattering
  3. bescatters
  4. besceptered
  5. besceptred
  6. bescorch
  7. bescorched
  8. bescorches
  9. bescorching
  10. bescorn
  11. bescorned

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