beschaven

Betekenis

  1. (transitive) to civilize
  2. (obsolete,transitive) to smoothen by scraping (with a plane)
  3. (obsolete,transitive) to rob, to bereave

Koppelteken as
be‧scha‧ven
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/bəˈsxaːvə(n)/
Etimologie

From Middle Dutch beschaven. Equivalent to be- + schaven. The sense “to civilize” developed from the sense of “to smoothen”, implying that one smoothens and polishes up a person. Compare French poli.

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