"bescrape" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: bescrapes [present, singular, third-person], bescraping [participle, present], bescraped [participle, past], bescraped [past]
Etymology: From be- (“about, around, excessively, all over”) + scrape. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|be|scrape|t1=about, around, excessively, all over}} be- (“about, around, excessively, all over”) + scrape Head templates: {{en-verb}} bescrape (third-person singular simple present bescrapes, present participle bescraping, simple past and past participle bescraped)
  1. (transitive, obsolete) To scrape all over; scrape excessively. Tags: obsolete, transitive

Inflected forms

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