bemangle

See also: bemängle

English

Etymology

be- +‎ mangle

Verb

bemangle (third-person singular simple present bemangles, present participle bemangling, simple past and past participle bemangled)

1. (transitive) To mangle; to tear asunder.
   • 1648, Joseph Beaumont, “(please specify the canto number)”, in Psyche: Or Loves Mysterie, […], London: […] George Boddington, […], published 1651, →OCLC:

     To his bemangled shape of horror

References

“bemangle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.