Where does bescratch come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

bescratch

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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To scratch; scratch about; scratch all over.

Transitive verb

"I no sooner see him, but I scream out to Mrs. Jervis, she feigns likewise but just to come to herself; we both begin, she to becall, and I to bescratch very liberally."

From Middle English bescratchen, equivalent to be- + scratch.

bescratches (present, singular) bescratching (participle, present) bescratched (participle, past) bescratched (past)

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