bescorch

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verb

To scorch about, around, or all over; scorch completely.

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Meanings

verbbescorch (third-person singular simple present bescorches, present participle bescorching, simple past and past participle bescorched)

present singular third person bescorches · participle present bescorching · participle past bescorched · past bescorched

  1. transitiveTo scorch about, around, or all over; scorch completely.

    Tis like the bursting of the desert stream When to the field, with sultry drought bescorch'd, Between its echoing rocks it rolls its way.

    1817, Ossian, The poems of Ossian
    1 more example

    To my well-pleaded plaint on breach of faith Concerning Malta, as at Amiens pledged, Has lighted up anew such brands of ire As may bescorch the world.

    2007, Thomas Hardy, The Dynasts

Origin

From be- + scorch.

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APA

bescorch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bescorch

MLA

“bescorch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bescorch. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bescorch,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bescorch.

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