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bestrip

bestrip verb: to strip away, remove; strip, undress; deprive.

Verb

bestrip (third-person singular simple present bestrips, present participle bestripping, simple past and past participle bestripped)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To strip away, remove; strip, undress; deprive.
    • It bestrips the root of envy from the heart.1866, Laurent (Dominican), Dan Michel's Ayenbite of inwyt: Text, page 144
    • There are some souls that trust in God and have an inclination that way, yet they would piece it out with other things, and are loath to bestrip themselves of all other stays and props.1870, Robert Leighton (abp. of Glasgow.), William West (of Nairn), The Works of Robert Leighton, D.D.

Forms of bestrip

third-person singular presentbestrips
present participlebestripping
past participlebestripped
pastbestripped

Origin of bestrip

From Middle English bestrepen, from Old English bestrȳpan (“to strip, rob, plunder”), equivalent to be- (“off, away”) + strip.

Questions about bestrip

What does bestrip mean?
Bestrip means to strip away, remove; strip, undress; deprive.
What part of speech is bestrip?
Bestrip is a verb.
What is the past tense of bestrip?
The past tense of bestrip is bestripped.

Words near bestrip in the dictionary

  1. bestrid
  2. bestridden
  3. bestride
  4. bestrides
  5. bestriding
  6. bestrip
  7. bestriped
  8. bestripped
  9. bestripping
  10. bestrips
  11. bestrode

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