Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To scourge; beat.
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- verb transitive, obsolete To
scourge ;beat .
Etymologies
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From Middle English *beswingen, from Old English beswingan ("to flog, scourge, beat, strike"), equivalent to be- + swinge (“to scourge”).
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