Bework

//bɪˈwɜːk// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To work around or about; surround. transitive
  2. 2
    To work, as with thread; embroider. transitive
  3. 3
    To work over; rework; edit. transitive

    "The author, who knows the answer, beworks his brains to give it in a satisfactory and intelligible form to his audience; [...]"

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"The author, who knows the answer, beworks his brains to give it in a satisfactory and intelligible form to his audience; [...]"

Etymology

From Middle English bewurchen, from Old English bewyrċean, bewyrċan (“to work, construct, surround with, enclose, cover, work in, insert, adorn”), from Proto-Germanic *bi- + *wirkijaną (“to work”), equivalent to be- + work. Cognate with North Frisian bewerke (“to bework, edit”), Dutch bewerken (“to work, manipulate”), German bewirken (“to bring about, effect”), Danish bevirke (“to cause”). More at be-, work.

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