bestagger
bestagger verb: to stagger about; cause (one) to stagger.
Verb
bestagger (third-person singular simple present bestaggers, present participle bestaggering, simple past and past participle bestaggered)
- To stagger about; cause (one) to stagger.
- Like a vampire it is rapidly sucking, through our young men, the very financial life blood from this nation, in so much that it bestaggers all efforts to totalize its direful influence.1899, Edward A. Tabor, Danger Signals for New Century Manhood - Page 117
- Stout Chapman, thou that with thy rumbling lines Canst shake the spheres, and thou, whose painted Muse To curd and cowslips for a fee inclines: What, silent and bestaggered both?1913, George Bartram, England's Garland - Page 34
Forms of bestagger
| third-person singular present | bestaggers |
|---|---|
| present participle | bestaggering |
| past participle | bestaggered |
| past | bestaggered |
Origin of bestagger
From be- + stagger.
Questions about bestagger
- What does bestagger mean?
- Bestagger means to stagger about; cause (one) to stagger.
- What part of speech is bestagger?
- Bestagger is a verb.
- What is the past tense of bestagger?
- The past tense of bestagger is bestaggered.
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