Bewore

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past of beware form-of, nonstandard, past, rare

    "Ay, ay, that was many a long year since, before my hand had learnt its cunning, and when the fishes bewore not of me, or, as Ovid used to say, Nee sua credulitas piscem Suspenderat hamo."

Example

More examples

"Ay, ay, that was many a long year since, before my hand had learnt its cunning, and when the fishes bewore not of me, or, as Ovid used to say, Nee sua credulitas piscem Suspenderat hamo."

Etymology

Ablaut derivative of beware.

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