Berascal

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To accuse of being a rascal or to treat as a rascal. archaic

    "She beknaved, berascalled, berogued the unhappy hero, who stood silent, confounded with astonishment, but more with shame and indignation, at being thus outwitted and overreached."

Example

More examples

"She beknaved, berascalled, berogued the unhappy hero, who stood silent, confounded with astonishment, but more with shame and indignation, at being thus outwitted and overreached."

Etymology

From be- + rascal.

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