Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia - To mock repeatedly; flout. -
To cause to appear mock or unreal; excel or surpass, as the
genuine surpasses the counterfeit. - v. archaic To ridicule or
mock. - v. transitive To mock repeatedly; flout. - v. transitive
To cause to appear as if mock or unreal; excel or surpass, as
the genuine surpasses the counterfeit. GNU Webster's 1913 - v.
To mock; to ridicule. - v. treat with contempt - From be- +
mock. (Wiktionary) “I began to understand what an annoyance it
must be to have a bough up there that you couldn't flick at with
your stick as you passed by, and that even when weighed down by
its summer greenery would bemock you if you made a casual clutch
at its foliage, and laugh at you in its leaves.” “The Suitors
bemock the prophet, who leaves the company with another fateful
vision:” “His sides bemock the bending charms of waving
Tamarisk, [FN#438] *” “In the void imbroglios of Chaos only, and
realms of Bedlam, does some shadow of it hover, to bewilder and
bemock the poor in