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befringe, v.|bɪˈfrɪndʒ| [f. be- 1 + fringe v.] trans. To border, furnish, or adorn with (or as with) a fringe. Hence, beˈfringed ppl. a.
1611Cotgr., Enfranger, to befringe; to edge, or set with fringe. 1639Fuller Holy War 78 Befringed with gold. 1737Pope Horace Ep. ii. i. 419 Let my dirty leaves..Befringe the rails of Bedlam and Soho. 1848H. Miller First Impr. xiv. (1857) 239 A placid stream, broadly befringed with sedges. 1884Manch. Exam. 10 Dec. 3/7 Christmas cards..of the gorgeous befringed upholstered sort. |