† bewhorev.
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To call whore.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > invective or abuse > abuse [verb (transitive)] > call names > specific
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a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iv. ii. 118 My Lord hath so bewhor'd her, Throwne such despite, and heauy termes vpon her. View more context for this quotation
2. transitive. To make a whore of; to prostitute.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [verb (transitive)] > offer for prostitution
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a1626 J. Fletcher & W. Rowley Maid in Mill iii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Bbbb/2 Had you a daughter stoln, perhaps be-whor'd.
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