What does "bewhisker" mean?

To give or add whiskers to; to put whiskers on.

What is a synonym for "bewhisker"?

Common synonyms include: whisker.

Bewhisker

verb

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Definitions

Verb

1
To give or add whiskers to; to put whiskers on. transitive
"Cinema magnates preferred to bewhisker the handsome profile and contort the slender Barrymore frame to suit weird, melodramatic parts then in vogue."
2
furnish with whiskers wordnet

Synonyms

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whisker

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"Cinema magnates preferred to bewhisker the handsome profile and contort the slender Barrymore frame to suit weird, melodramatic parts then in vogue."

Etymology

From be- (“at, on, upon”) + whisker.

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