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bescorns

bescorns is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bescorn.

Meaning of bescorn

Verb

bescorn (third-person singular simple present bescorns, present participle bescorning, simple past and past participle bescorned)

  1. (obsolete) To treat with scorn.
    • Then was he bescorned.1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “(please specify the story via the 'title' parameter)”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne]...

Questions about bescorns

What is bescorns the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Bescorns is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bescorn.

Words near bescorns in the dictionary

  1. bescorches
  2. bescorching
  3. bescorn
  4. bescorned
  5. bescorning
  6. bescorns
  7. Bescot
  8. bescrape
  9. bescraped
  10. bescrapes
  11. bescraping

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