bewreck
English
editEtymology
editFrom be- + wreck. Compare Old English bewrecan (“to drive or bring to”). More at be-, wreck.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editbewreck (third-person singular simple present bewrecks, present participle bewrecking, simple past and past participle bewrecked or (obsolete) bewreckt)
- (transitive, dialectal) To wreck completely; ruin; destroy.
- a. 1610, The Mirror for Magistrates
- Yet was I, or I parted thence, bewreckt.
- a. 1610, The Mirror for Magistrates