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bescumbered

bescumbered is the simple past and past participle of bescumber.

Meaning of bescumber

Verb

bescumber (third-person singular simple present bescumbers, present participle bescumbering, simple past and past participle bescumbered)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To sully with mud or dung.
    • Where did you lift your leg up last? 'Gainst what? ... Did Block bescumber Statutes white Suit, wi' the Parchment Lace there? And Broker's satin doublet? All will out.1631, Ben Jonson, The Staple of News

Questions about bescumbered

What is bescumbered the simple past and past participle of?
Bescumbered is the simple past and past participle of bescumber.

Words near bescumbered in the dictionary

  1. bescribbled
  2. bescribbles
  3. bescribbling
  4. bescrub
  5. bescumber
  6. bescumbered
  7. bescumbering
  8. bescumbers
  9. beseat
  10. beseated
  11. beseating

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