bescrawl (iou) and report(2) (iou)

bescrawl (iou)

bescrawl verb trans. M16.
[from BE- 1 + SCRAWL verb2.]
Scribble over; cover with scrawl.

report verb. LME.
[Old French reporter from Latin reportare carry back, bear away, formed as RE- + portare carry. In usual sense closer to Old French raporter (mod. rapporter), ult. formed as RE- + AP-1 + Latin portare.]
I. verb trans.
a. Entrust or commit (oneself) to a person or thing for support or confirmation. LME-M17.
b. Refer to, esp. for information. E16-M17.
a. Bring or convey; carry (news). LME-L16.
b. Bring in return; obtain. Scot. E16-E17.
Bring back or give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.) (to a person); convey (a message), repeat (something heard); relate (that); in pass., be stated (to be). LME.
reported speech indirect speech. reporting verb any of the class of verbs which can convey the action of speaking and are used with both direct and reported speech.
J. A. Froude The refugee friars were reported to be well supplied with money. W. C. Bryant Report my words To royal Neptune. E. Young-Bruehl She reported her dreams, and her father replied with..an interpretation.
b. Describe (a person). E-M17.
c. Prepare a written account of (a meeting, event, etc.), esp. for publication in a newspaper, official journal, etc.; cover (an event) as a reporter. E17.
L. Koppett Some 35 years of being paid to..report Baseball for daily newspapers.
d. Say factually. E20.
a. Give in or make a more or less formal statement concerning (some matter or thing); make a report on; (of a parliamentary committee chairman) announce that the committee has dealt with (a bill). L16.
T. Hardy Oak came in to report progress for the day. B. Head We'd keep minutes and then report our decisions..to a General meeting.
b. Relate or announce, esp. as the result of special observation or investigation; inform those concerned of (an occurrence, fact, etc.). M17.
A. Brink He reported it to the police. Anthony Smith Researchers have reported a General decline in intellectual function.
c. refl. = sense 7c below. Now rare. E19.
d. Name (a person) to a superior authority as having offended in some way. L19.
E. Waugh Stanley has reported Lionel Tennyson for being drunk. A. Eden The doctor..threatened to report me to the colonel for disobeying his warning.
Cause to resound; re-echo (a sound). rare. L16-L17.
Fit (a firework) with a report or charge. Usu. in pass. L19.
II. verb intrans.
a. Give an account of, speak in a certain way of; give a report to convey that one is well, badly, etc., impressed. Freq. foll. by of. LME-E17.
Shakespeare All's Well A gentleman that serves the Count Reports but coarsely of her.
b. Draw up, make, or submit a report (on). Also, act as a reporter. LME.
report back return with or make a report to or to one's principal etc.
J. Gilmour Has any one..seen these things, and come back..to report on them? G. Greene Keep your eyes open..and then report direct to him.
c. Inform authority of one's arrival or presence; present oneself to a person etc. on arrival. Also foll. by in. M19.
D. Beaty Having to report in at the African Airways counter.
d. Be responsible or account for one's activities to a superior, supervisor, etc. L19.
Guardian Reporting to the Promotions Manager, you will be responsible for the..Promotion of selected titles.
reportative adjective that presents or introduces reported speech L20.
reportedly adverb according to report E20.
reportingly adverb (rare) (a) by hearsay; (b) correspondingly: L16-E17.

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