Bewrinkle

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To make or put a wrinkle (or wrinkles) in; furrow; fill with wrinkles. transitive

    "… if I were to assert that it can either rend or write; the sneer of contempt would soon bewrinkle, or the stare of surprise would distort, the countenances of my readers."

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"… if I were to assert that it can either rend or write; the sneer of contempt would soon bewrinkle, or the stare of surprise would distort, the countenances of my readers."

Etymology

From be- + wrinkle.

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