behell

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verb

To torture as with pains of hell; give hell (to).

“Did behell and rack him ― Hewyt.”

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Meanings

verbbehell (third-person singular simple present behells, present participle behelling, simple past and past participle behelled)

present singular third person behells · participle present behelling · participle past behelled · past behelled

  1. ambitransitiveTo torture as with pains of hell; give hell (to).

    Did behell and rack him ― Hewyt.

    2 more examples

    Thus a mechanic who feels himself electrically influenced speaks of "brain-kilowatt-hours", or a resistive patient talks of "behelling" injections.

    1936, Frederick Walker Mott, Archives of neurology and psychiatry

    I have seen them behell a saint for ignorantly drinking an alcoholic drink. Beshrew the sanctimonious riffraff!

    2006, Philangi Dasa, Swedenborg the Buddhist

Origin

From be- + hell.

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Cite this entry
APA

behell. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/behell

MLA

“behell.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/behell. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “behell,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/behell.

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