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beswink

beswink verb: to labour, toil; belabour.

Verb

beswink (third-person singular simple present beswinks, present participle beswinking, simple past beswank, past participle beswunk or beswunken)

  1. (obsolete) to labour, toil; belabour

Forms of beswink

third-person singular presentbeswinks
present participlebeswinking
pastbeswank
past participlebeswunk
past participlebeswunken

Origin of beswink

From Middle English beswinken, from Old English beswincan (“to labour, toil, exert oneself”); equivalent to be- + swink. More at swink.

Questions about beswink

What does beswink mean?
Beswink means to labour, toil; belabour.
What part of speech is beswink?
Beswink is a verb.
What is the past tense of beswink?
The past tense of beswink is beswank.

Words near beswink in the dictionary

  1. besweatered
  2. besweeten
  3. Beswick
  4. Beswicks
  5. beswinge
  6. beswink
  7. beswinking
  8. beswore
  9. besworn
  10. besyde
  11. besyl

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