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beshackles

beshackles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of beshackle.

Meaning of beshackle

Verb

beshackle (third-person singular simple present beshackles, present participle beshackling, simple past and past participle beshackled)

  1. (archaic, transitive, uncommon) To shackle.
    • Who this king ſhould bee, beſhackled theyr wits,and layd them a dry ground euery one.1599, Thomas Nashe, Nashes Lenten Stuffe, […], London: […] N.L.; C. B., page 50

Questions about beshackles

What is beshackles the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Beshackles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of beshackle.

Words near beshackles in the dictionary

  1. besews
  2. BESEX
  3. Besford
  4. beshackle
  5. beshackled
  6. beshackles
  7. beshackling
  8. beshade
  9. beshades
  10. beshadow
  11. beshadowed

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