Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bedew

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: be-dew
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make wet with or as if with dew.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Balm, from a ſilver-box diſtill'd around, / Shall all bedew the roots, and ſcent the ſacred ground."
"Soft tears again bedewed my cheeks, and I even raised my humid eyes with thankfulness towards the blessed sun which bestowed such joy upon me."
"As if their own indignant earth, / Which gave the sons of England birth, / Had felt their blood upon her brow, / And shuddering with a mother's throe, / Had turned every drop of blood, / By which her face had been bedewed / To an accent unwithstood, / As if her heart had cried aloud: […]"
"I LOVE it, I love it ; and who shall dare To chide me for loving that old Arm-chair ? I've treasured it long as a sainted prize ; I've bedewed it with tears, and embalmed it with sighs."
"While sympathetic tears / My cheeks bedew"

Etymology

From Middle English bidewen, bideawen; equivalent to be- + dew. Cognate with Dutch bedauwen (“to bedew”), German betauen (“to bedew”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: be
Root: bidewen

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

bedews (present, singular) bedewing (participle, present) bedewed (participle, past) bedewed (past)

Derived Forms

bedewed bedewer

Questions

What does bedew mean?: To make wet with or as if with dew.
Where does bedew come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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