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betumbled

betumbled is the simple past and past participle of betumble.

Meaning of betumble

Verb

betumble (third-person singular simple present betumbles, present participle betumbling, simple past and past participle betumbled)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To cause to tumble, or to throw into disorder or disarrange the parts of.
    • When showers betumble the chestnut spikes1922, Thomas Hardy, “Weathers”, in Late Lyrics and Earlier with Many Other Verses, London: Macmillan and Co., […], →OCLC, page 1

Adjective

betumbled (comparative more betumbled, superlative most betumbled)

  1. Tossed in confusion; disordered.
    • This ſaid, from her betombled couch ſhee ſtarteth, / To finde ſome deſp'rat Inſtrument of death, […]1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto), London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], →OCLC, lines 1037–1038

Forms of betumbled

comparativemore betumbled
superlativemost betumbled

Questions about betumbled

What does betumbled mean?
Betumbled means tossed in confusion; disordered.
What is betumbled the simple past and past participle of?
Betumbled is the simple past and past participle of betumble.
What part of speech is betumbled?
Betumbled is an adjective.

Words near betumbled in the dictionary

  1. betulonate
  2. betulonates
  3. betulone
  4. betulonic acid
  5. betumble
  6. betumbled
  7. betune
  8. beturbaned
  9. beturbanned
  10. Beturia
  11. beturn

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