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beshackling

beshackling is the present participle and gerund 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 beshackling

What is beshackling the present participle and gerund of?
Beshackling is the present participle and gerund of beshackle.

Words near beshackling in the dictionary

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

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