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- verb Present participle of
beshrew .
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Examples
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A young Navajo chief, who led the visiting party, aroused the ire of the old medicine chief of the tribe, who had lately added a new attraction to his household, beshrewing himself with another lovely young squaw.
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She did not endure the occasional sight of her daughter's infirmities without beshrewing them, as a reflection on her own dignity.
Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes Sarah Tytler 1870
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"Nay," interrupted Karlsefin, with a laugh, "_that_ is the last thing you ought to say, seeing that you have had so much beshrewing already."
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