bemangle
See also: bemängle
English
editEtymology
editVerb
editbemangle (third-person singular simple present bemangles, present participle bemangling, simple past and past participle bemangled)
- (transitive) To mangle; to tear asunder.
- 1648, Joseph Beaumont, “(please specify the canto number)”, in Psyche: Or Loves Mysterie, […], London: […] George Boddington, […], published 1651, →OCLC:
- To his bemangled shape of horror
References
edit“bemangle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.