bemark

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verb

To mark with the sign of the cross; mark oneself.

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Meanings

verbbemark (third-person singular simple present bemarks, present participle bemarking, simple past and past participle bemarked)

present singular third person bemarks · participle present bemarking · participle past bemarked · past bemarked

  1. obsoleteraretransitiveTo mark with the sign of the cross; mark oneself.
  2. transitiveTo mark or cover with marks; mark up.

    [...] commuter frenzy as soon they'll be charging en masse from Market and Sansome buildings on foot and in buses and all well-dressed thru workingman Frisco of Walkup?? truck drivers and even the poor grime-bemarked Third Steet of lost bums [...]

    1960, Jack Kerouac, Lonesome traveler

Origin

From be- + mark. Cognate with Saterland Frisian bemäärke, German Low German bemarken, German bemerken.

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APA

bemark. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bemark

MLA

“bemark.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bemark. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bemark,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bemark.

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