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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

BEMENT, v. To render demented. Not known to our correspondents. [bɪ′mɛnt]Bnff. 1902 Abd. Wkly. Free Press (17 May) (E.D.D. Suppl.):
Nae furrin gaen chiel shud hae sae bementit th' young lasses o' my time.

[Evidently based on dement with the substitution of the very common Sc. pref. be.]

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