bework
English
Etymology
From Middle English bewurchen, from Old English bewyrċean, bewyrċan (“to work, construct, surround with, enclose, cover, work in, insert, adorn”), from Proto-Germanic *bi- + *wirkijaną (“to work”), equivalent to be- + work. Cognate with North Frisian bewerke (“to bework, edit”), Dutch bewerken (“to work, manipulate”), German bewirken (“to bring about, effect”), Danish bevirke (“to cause”). More at be-, work.
Verb
bework (third-person singular simple present beworks, present participle beworking, simple past and past participle bewrought or beworked)
- (transitive) To work around or about; surround.
- (transitive) To work, as with thread; embroider.
- (transitive) To work over; rework; edit.
- 1882, John Devenish Hoppus, Riverside papers:
- The author, who knows the answer, beworks his brains to give it in a satisfactory and intelligible form to his audience; [...]
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