"bescumber" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: bescumbers [present, singular, third-person], bescumbering [participle, present], bescumbered [participle, past], bescumbered [past]
Etymology: be- + scumber Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|be|scumber}} be- + scumber Head templates: {{en-verb}} bescumber (third-person singular simple present bescumbers, present participle bescumbering, simple past and past participle bescumbered)
  1. (transitive, obsolete) To discharge ordure or dung upon. Tags: obsolete, transitive Categories (topical): Feces

Inflected forms

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