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English
Etymology
From be- + scumber.
Verb
bescumber (third-person singular simple present bescumbers, present participle bescumbering, simple past and past participle bescumbered)
- (transitive, obsolete) To sully with mud or dung.
1631, Ben Jonson, The Staple of News:Where did you lift your leg up last? 'Gainst what? ... Did Block bescumber Statutes white Suit, wi' the Parchment Lace there? And Broker's satin doublet? All will out.
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