berattle

verb — 2 senses

berattle

verb

Etymology From be- + rattle.

1

To rattle; rattle vigorously.

  • These are now the fashion, and so berattle the common stages (so they call them) that many wearing rapiers are afraid of goose-quills and dare scarce come thither.2006, William Shakespeare, Ann Thompson, Neil Taylor, Hamlet - Page 468:
2

Rare To cry down; abuse; run down.

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