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bescribbling

bescribbling is the present participle and gerund of bescribble.

Meaning of bescribble

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

Questions about bescribbling

What is bescribbling the present participle and gerund of?
Bescribbling is the present participle and gerund of bescribble.

Words near bescribbling in the dictionary

  1. bescreening
  2. bescreens
  3. bescribble
  4. bescribbled
  5. bescribbles
  6. bescribbling
  7. bescrub
  8. bescumber
  9. bescumbered
  10. bescumbering
  11. bescumbers

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