bemock
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- verb To mock repeatedly; flout.
- verb To cause to appear mock or unreal; excel or surpass, as the genuine surpasses the counterfeit.
Examples
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I began to understand what an annoyance it must be to have a bough up there that you couldn't flick at with your stick as you passed by, and that even when weighed down by its summer greenery would bemock you if you made a casual clutch at its foliage, and laugh at you in its leaves.
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The Suitors bemock the prophet, who leaves the company with another fateful vision:
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But he lay still, and the King's Son answered the Lady and said: "I know not what is in thine heart concerning this runagate, that thou shouldst bemock me with his valiancy, whereof thou knowest nought."
Note
The word 'bemock' comes from 'be-' + 'mock'.
