Beshake

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To shake roughly or violently. transitive

    "Once away, he exclaimed in a heat of self-accusation, "I could beshake me! What manner of guardiance and conduction have I offered you?""

Example

More examples

"Once away, he exclaimed in a heat of self-accusation, "I could beshake me! What manner of guardiance and conduction have I offered you?""

Etymology

From be- + shake.

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