verb
- to touch or handle with the fingers; to soil or mark by touching with the fingers
Usage: archaic or literary; often used with a sense of carelessness or unwanted contact
Examples
- Please do not befinger the artwork on display.
- The child befingers every surface in the museum despite the warnings.
- The manuscript had been befingers by countless readers over the centuries.
- She befingers the delicate fabric without realizing the damage she causes.