bewrinkle

English edit

Etymology edit

From be- +‎ wrinkle.

Verb edit

bewrinkle (third-person singular simple present bewrinkles, present participle bewrinkling, simple past and past participle bewrinkled)

(transitive) To make or put a wrinkle (or wrinkles) in; furrow; fill with wrinkles.
- 1821, The Kaleidoscope: or, Literary and scientific mirror:
  [...] 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.
- 1905, Elsie M. Wilbor, Steele MacKaye, Delsarte recitation book:
  The old lady did not immediately reply, her head dropped a little on one side, a broad smile bewrinkled the lower part of her well-worn visage; [...]
- 1939, Teachers' Union of the City of New York, The New York teacher:
  Must I bewrinkle my brow, grow crow's feet under my eyes?

Derived terms edit

bewrinkled