† bewhorev.
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To call whore.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > invective or abuse > abuse [verb (transitive)] > call names > specific
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belout1605
behypocrite1612
bewhorea1616
beslave1630
beroguea1658
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slave1719
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be-coward1752
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a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iv. ii. 118 My Lord hath so bewhor'd her, Throwne such despite, and heauy termes vpon her. View more context for this quotation
2. transitive. To make a whore of; to prostitute.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [verb (transitive)] > offer for prostitution
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bewhorea1626
a1626 J. Fletcher & W. Rowley Maid in Mill iii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Bbbb/2 Had you a daughter stoln, perhaps be-whor'd.
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