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bescumbering

bescumbering is the present participle and gerund 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 bescumbering

What is bescumbering the present participle and gerund of?
Bescumbering is the present participle and gerund of bescumber.

Words near bescumbering in the dictionary

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

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