"beclown" meaning in All languages combined

See beclown on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: beclowns [present, singular, third-person], beclowning [participle, present], beclowned [participle, past], beclowned [past]
Etymology: From be- + clown. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|be|clown}} be- + clown Head templates: {{en-verb}} beclown (third-person singular simple present beclowns, present participle beclowning, simple past and past participle beclowned)
  1. (transitive) To make a fool of. Tags: transitive

Inflected forms

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        },
        {
          "ref": "2001, Donald Theall, Virtual Marshall McLuhan, McGill-Queen's University Press, page 106",
          "text": "In 1971, when I discussed his work in terms of this complex Renaissance understanding of folly, well documented in his own work and quite consistent with the traditions of the learned satire that he was trying to compose, he suggested that I had \"beclowned\" him, […]",
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          "ref": "2001, Donald Theall, Virtual Marshall McLuhan, McGill-Queen's University Press, page 106",
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