Meaning

4 senses
  1. (transitive)To mock repeatedly; flout.

  2. (transitive)To cause to appear as if mock or unreal; excel or surpass, as the genuine surpasses the counterfeit.

  3. (archaic)To ridicule or mock.

  4. (archaic, transitive)To make up as something else, to make into an imitation or semblance

More definitions
  • treat with contempt

Origin

From be- + mock.

From be- + mock.

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Forms

bemocks, bemocking, bemocked, bemocked
Base formbemock · to bemock
3rd person singularbemocks
Present participlebemocking
Past simplebemocked
Past participlebemocked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybemock
he, she, itbemocks

Past simpleLesson

all personsbemocked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave bemocked
he, she, ithas bemocked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bemock

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • treat with contempt:mock

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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