bepelt

B3E1P3E1L1T1

verb

To pelt soundly.

OriginEnglish pelt ← Middle English bi- ← Old English be- →
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Meanings

verbbepelt (third-person singular simple present bepelts, present participle bepelting, simple past and past participle bepelted)

present singular third person bepelts · participle present bepelting · participle past bepelted · past bepelted

  1. transitiveTo pelt soundly.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ep-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éps
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₁épi
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁pi
  5. Proto-Germanic*bi
  6. Proto-Germanic*bi-
  7. Proto-West Germanic*bi-
  8. Old Englishbe-
  9. Middle Englishbi-
  10. Englishbe-
  11. Englishpelt
  12. Englishbepelt

From be- + pelt.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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