bescribble

English

Etymology

From be- +‎ scribble.

Verb

bescribble (third-person singular simple present bescribbles, present participle bescribbling, simple past and past participle bescribbled)

1. To write in a messy, scribbly fashion.
2. (transitive) To scribble over.
   • 1643, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce: […], London: […] T[homas] P[aine] and M[atthew] S[immons] […], →OCLC:

     bescribbled with a thousand trifling impertinences

References

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