bemock

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bemock

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From be- + mock.

verb bemocks · bemocking · bemocked

  1. archaic To ridicule or mock.
  2. transitive To mock repeatedly; flout.
  3. transitive To cause to appear as if mock or unreal; excel or surpass, as the genuine surpasses the counterfeit.
  4. archaic, transitive To make up as something else, to make into an imitation or semblance thought could not divide The actual world from these entangling evils, Which so bemocked themselves, that I descried All shapes like mine own self, hideously multiplied.

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@misc{bemock_2026,
  title = {bemock},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bemock},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}