To shrivel up or cause something to become shriveled and wrinkled.
From the prefix 'be-' combined with 'shrivel,' which comes from Scandinavian languages and means to wrinkle or shrink. The 'be-' intensifies the shriveling action across a surface.
The 'be-' prefix makes physical transformations feel total and dramatic—'beshrivel' doesn't just mean something gets a little wrinkled, it means the shriveling spreads across and covers the whole thing.
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