bemark

bemark

English

Etymology

From be- +‎ mark. Cognate with German bemerken.

Verb

bemark (third-person singular simple present bemarks, present participle bemarking, simple past and past participle bemarked)

1. (transitive, rare or obsolete) To mark with the sign of the cross; mark oneself.
2. (transitive) To mark or cover with marks; mark up.
   • 1960, Jack Kerouac, Lonesome traveler:

     [...] commuter frenzy as soon they'll be charging en masse from Market and Sansome buildings on foot and in buses and all well-dressed thru workingman Frisco of Walkup?? truck drivers and even the poor grime-bemarked Third Steet of lost bums [...]

Anagrams

• embark