† bebeastv.
/bɪˈbiːst/ Obsolete.
1. transitive. To make a beast of.
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society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > degrade or impair morally [verb (transitive)] > deprive of human qualities > brutalize
bestialize1610
unman1626
bestiate1628
embrutish1639
imbrutish1639
bebeast1640
imbrute1640
beast1646
brutify1668
brutalizea1704
embrutalize1876
1640 E. Reynolds Treat. Passions xl. 527 [He] hath..be-beasted himselfe by setting his Desires onely on Transitory and Perishable goods.
a1708 W. Beveridge Private Thoughts Relig. (1709) 235 To..be-beast themselves by drinking to Excess.
2. To treat as a beast; to call ‘beast’.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > invective or abuse > abuse [verb (transitive)] > call names > specific
knavec1525
beknavea1529
ass1593
berascal1596
rascal1598
belout1605
behypocrite1612
bewhorea1616
beslave1630
beroguea1658
bebeast1659
bemonster1692
slave1719
bevillaina1734
be-coward1752
be-blockhead1768
bescoundrel1786
bedog1794
1659 R. Eedes Christ Exalted 16 They will..bebeast themselves, for their carlesness.
1659 R. Eedes Wisdom Iustified 72 in Christ Exalted They will condemn themselves, and befoole and bebeast themselves.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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