beshake

English

Etymology

From be- +‎ shake.

Verb

beshake (third-person singular simple present beshakes, present participle beshaking, simple past beshook, past participle beshaken)

1. (transitive) To shake roughly or violently.
   • 1914, Alber Hale Plumb, When mayflowers blossom: a romance of Plymouth's first years - Page 350:

     Once away, he exclaimed in a heat of self-accusation, "I could beshake me! What manner of guardiance and conduction have I offered you?"