beswinge
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English *beswingen, from Old English beswingan (“to flog, scourge, beat, strike”), equivalent to be- + swinge (“to scourge”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɪndʒ
Verb[edit]
beswinge (third-person singular simple present beswinges, present participle beswingeing, simple past and past participle beswinged)
- (transitive, obsolete) To scourge; beat.
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