bescratch

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verb

To scratch; scratch about; scratch all over.

OriginMiddle English bescratchen →
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Meanings

verbbescratch (third-person singular simple present bescratches, present participle bescratching, simple past and past participle bescratched)

present singular third person bescratches · participle present bescratching · participle past bescratched · past bescratched

  1. transitiveTo scratch; scratch about; scratch all over.

    I no sooner see him, but I scream out to Mrs. Jervis, she feigns likewise but just to come to herself; we both begin, she to becall, and I to bescratch very liberally.

    2009, Henry Fielding, Joseph Andrews and Shamela - Page 203

Origin

  1. Middle Englishbescratchen
  2. Englishbescratch

From Middle English bescratchen, equivalent to be- + scratch.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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