bescrawl
bescrawl verb: to cover (something) with scrawls; to scribble over.
Verb
bescrawl (third-person singular simple present bescrawls, present participle bescrawling, simple past and past participle bescrawled)
- To cover (something) with scrawls; to scribble over.
- So far is it from the kenne of theſe wretched projectors of ours that beſcraull their Pamflets every day with new formes of government for our Church.1642 (indicated as 1641), John Milton, “That Church-governement is Prescrib’d in the Gospell, and that to Say Otherwise is Unsound”, in The Reason of Church-governement Urg’d against Prelaty […]...
Forms of bescrawl
| third-person singular present | bescrawls |
|---|---|
| present participle | bescrawling |
| past participle | bescrawled |
| past | bescrawled |
Origin of bescrawl
From be- + scrawl.
Words that rhyme with bescrawl
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- pall
- paul
- recall
- tall
- Donegal
- saul
- forestall
- Saint Paul
- all
- appall
- hauler
- maul
- overcall
- overhaul
- scrawl
- withcall
- befall
- brawl
- drawl
- install
- set out one's stall
- sing small
- bawl
- orle
- spall
- sprawl
- squall
- trawl
- withal
- y'all
- acrawl
- awl
- infall
- moneyball
- overall
- pawl
- saule
- Senegal
- shawl
- spawl
- tell all
- yawl
- appal
- asprawl
- at all
- aul
- becrawl
- besmall
Questions about bescrawl
- What does bescrawl mean?
- Bescrawl means to cover (something) with scrawls; to scribble over.
- What part of speech is bescrawl?
- Bescrawl is a verb.
- What is the past tense of bescrawl?
- The past tense of bescrawl is bescrawled.
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