bemangle

See also: bemängle

English

Etymology

be- +‎ mangle

Verb

bemangle (third-person singular simple present bemangles, present participle bemangling, simple past and past participle bemangled)

  1. (transitive) To mangle; to tear asunder.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for bemangle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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