"bescrawl" meaning in English

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          "text": "So far is it from the kenne of theſe wretched projectors of ours that beſcraull their Pamflets every day with new formes of government for our Church.",
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        "To cover (something) with scrawls; to scribble over."
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        "(archaic, transitive) To cover (something) with scrawls; to scribble over."
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