v. [f. BE- 6 + TONGUE sb.] trans. To assail with the tongue; to flout, rally.

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1639.  Ainsworth, Annot. Ps. ci. 5. Hurteth with tongue—traduceth, or (as the Hebrew phrase is) betongueth.

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1859.  Masson, Milton, I. 33. How Ben and Shakespeare betongued each other, while the others listened and wondered.

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