"bewrinkle" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1821, The Kaleidoscope: or, Literary and scientific mirror",
          "text": "… if I were to assert that it can either rend or write; the sneer of contempt would soon bewrinkle, or the stare of surprise would distort, the countenances of my readers."
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          "ref": "1905, Elsie M. Wilbor, Steele MacKaye, Delsarte recitation book",
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          "ref": "1939, Teachers' Union of the City of New York, The New York teacher",
          "text": "Must I bewrinkle my brow, grow crow's feet under my eyes?",
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        "To make or put a wrinkle (or wrinkles) in; furrow; fill with wrinkles."
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        "(transitive) To make or put a wrinkle (or wrinkles) in; furrow; fill with wrinkles."
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          "ref": "1821, The Kaleidoscope: or, Literary and scientific mirror",
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