What is to act as a clown; -- with it [Obs.] Beclowns it properly indeed. B. Jonson called?
clown — To act as a clown; -- with it [Obs.] Beclowns it properly indeed. B. Jonson. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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