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Readers who get a kick out of unfashionable affixes may also enjoy this post on obsolete be- words, such as:
BEBUTTER: to cover with butter (1611)
BEDINNER: to give a dinner to (1837)
BEMISSIONARY: to pester with missionaries (1884)
BEMONSTER: to make a monster of (1692)
BEPAW: to befoul as with paws (1684)
BETHWACK: to thwack soundly (1598)
BEWIZARD: to influence by a wizard (1862)https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2017/09/25/bewondered-by-obsolete-be-words/
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