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bescribble

bescribble verb: to write in a messy, scribbly fashion.

Verb

bescribble (third-person singular simple present bescribbles, present participle bescribbling, simple past and past participle bescribbled)

  1. To write in a messy, scribbly fashion.
  2. (transitive) To scribble over.
    • bescribbled with a thousand trifling impertinences1643, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce: […], London: […] T[homas] P[aine] and M[atthew] S[immons] […], →OCLC

Forms of bescribble

third-person singular presentbescribbles
present participlebescribbling
past participlebescribbled
pastbescribbled

Origin of bescribble

From be- + scribble.

Questions about bescribble

What does bescribble mean?
Bescribble means to write in a messy, scribbly fashion.
What part of speech is bescribble?
Bescribble is a verb.
What is the past tense of bescribble?
The past tense of bescribble is bescribbled.

Words near bescribble in the dictionary

  1. bescrawls
  2. bescreen
  3. bescreened
  4. bescreening
  5. bescreens
  6. bescribble
  7. bescribbled
  8. bescribbles
  9. bescribbling
  10. bescrub
  11. bescumber

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