Meanings
verbbescrape (third-person singular simple present bescrapes, present participle bescraping, simple past and past participle bescraped)
present singular third person bescrapes · participle present bescraping · participle past bescraped · past bescraped
- obsoletetransitiveTo scrape all over; scrape excessively.
I had rather hear A pedlar's kit bescrape a dancing dog.
1789, Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths, The Monthly review - Volume 81 - Page 218
Origin
From be- (“about, around, excessively, all over”) + scrape.
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bescrape. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bescrape
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bescrape,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bescrape.
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