Meanings
verbbemangle (third-person singular simple present bemangles, present participle bemangling, simple past and past participle bemangled)
present singular third person bemangles · participle present bemangling · participle past bemangled · past bemangled
- transitiveTo mangle; to tear asunder.
To his bemangled shape of horror
1648, Joseph Beaumont, “(please specify the canto number)”, in Psyche: Or Loves Mysterie, […], London: […] John Dawson for George Boddington, […], →OCLC
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bemangle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bemangle
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“bemangle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bemangle. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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