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Webster 1913 Edition

Bezzle

Bez′zle

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Bezzled
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Bezzling
.]
[OF.
besillier
,
besiler
, to maltreat, pillage; or shortened fr.
embezzle
. Cf.
Embezzle
.]
To plunder; to waste in riot.
[Obs.]

Bez′zle

,
Verb.
I.
To drink to excess; to revel.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Bezzle

BEZ'ZLE

,
Verb.
T.
To waste in riot. [Not used.] [See Embezzle.]

Definition 2025

bezzle

bezzle

English

Verb

bezzle ‎(third-person singular simple present bezzles, present participle bezzling, simple past and past participle bezzled)

  1. (obsolete) To plunder; to lay waste to, in riot.
  2. (obsolete) To drink to excess; to revel.

Etymology

Old French besillier, besiler ‎(“to maltreat, pillage”); or shortened from English embezzle.

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