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(transitive) To make or put a wrinkle (or wrinkles) in; furrow; fill with wrinkles..
… if I were to assert that it can either rend or write; the sneer of contempt would soon bewrinkle, or the stare of surprise would distort, the countenances of my readers.
The old lady did not immediately reply, her head dropped a little on one side, a broad smile bewrinkled the lower part of her well-worn visage; [...]
Must I bewrinkle my brow, grow crow's feet under my eyes?
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Bewrinkle means (transitive) To make or put a wrinkle (or wrinkles) in; furrow; fill with wrinkles..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
… if I were to assert that it can either rend or write; the sneer of contempt would soon bewrinkle, or the stare of surprise would distort, the countenances of my readers.
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