"benothing" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: benothings [present, singular, third-person], benothinging [participle, present], benothinged [participle, past], benothinged [past]
Etymology: From be- + nothing. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|be|nothing}} be- + nothing Head templates: {{en-verb}} benothing (third-person singular simple present benothings, present participle benothinging, simple past and past participle benothinged)
  1. (transitive, rare, obsolete) To reduce to nothing; annihilate. Tags: obsolete, rare, transitive
    Sense id: en-benothing-en-verb-iG7T~qPl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with be-

Inflected forms

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