Meaning

2 senses

  1. To nettle:

    To whip or sting with nettles.

  2. (obsolete)To vex or provoke.

Origin

From be- + nettle.

From be- + nettle.

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Forms

benettles, benettling, benettled, benettled
Base formbenettle · to benettle
3rd person singularbenettles
Present participlebenettling
Past simplebenettled
Past participlebenettled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybenettle
he, she, itbenettles

Past simpleLesson

all personsbenettled

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill benettle

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
beneficiaryC2benefitB2benevolenceB2benevolentB2benignC1benny
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