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beshake

verb

Etymology

From be- + shake.

  1. derived from *(s)keg-✻
  2. inherited from *skakaną✻ — “to shake, swing, escape”
  3. inherited from *skakan✻
  4. inherited from sċeacan
  5. inherited from schaken
  6. prefixed as beshake — “be + shake”

Definitions

  1. To shake roughly or violently.

    • Once away, he exclaimed in a heat of self-accusation, "I could beshake me! What manner of guardiance and conduction have I offered you?"

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