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becross, v.|bɪˈkrɒs, -ɔː-|
[f. be- + cross.]
trans. To mark with the sign of the cross; to surround or decorate with crosses. Hence becrossed ppl. a.
1565J. Calfhill Answ. Treat. Crosse (1846) 79 Your spiritual fathers, all to becrossed about their beds. 1581in Confer. iv. (1584) Z iij, Campion becrossed himselfe on the forehead. 1799W. Taylor Month. Mag. VII. 139 A becross'd, beblest..bag of holy sackcloth. 1880Blackw. Mag. Feb. 243 Officers much be-medalled and much be-crossed. |