bemock

American  

[bih-mok] / bɪˈmɒk /

verb (used with object)

1. to mock or jeer at (something or someone).

   to bemock a trusting heart.

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Etymology

Origin of bemock

First recorded in 1600–10; be- + mock

Example Sentences

Not all are free that can bemock their fetters.

From Nathan the Wise; a dramatic poem in five acts by Taylor, William

I know not what is in thine heart concerning this runagate, that thou shouldst bemock me with his valiancy, whereof thou knowest nought. 

From Wood Beyond the World by Morris, William

The Suitors bemock the prophet, who leaves the company with another fateful vision: "I perceive evil coming upon you, from which not one of you Suitors shall escape."

From Homer's Odyssey A Commentary by Snider, Denton Jaques

Very bitter sounds thy language, Bitterer than the stars' decrees are, Which bemock my heart's desire.

From Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine by Heine, Heinrich

Hills, torrents, woods, embodied to bemock The Tyrant, and confound his cruelty.

From The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Volume IV (of 8) by Wordsworth, William