1. to prick or wound with thorns; to cause pain or trouble as if by thorns
Usage: archaic or literary; third person singular present tense of 'bethorn'

Examples

• The rose bethorns the careless hand that grasps it.
• Worry bethorns his mind day and night.
• The bramble bethorns all who pass through the thicket.
• Doubt bethorns the conscience of the guilty man.