Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bedwell

/bˈɛdwˌɛl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.64 in modern English

Syllables: bed-well
IPA: /bˈɛdwˌɛl/

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To dwell around or about (a place); inhabit.

name

Countable; Uncountable

name

An inner suburb of Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2424).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A hamlet in Sesswick community, Wrexham borough, Wales (OS grid ref SJ3646).

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[...] At first like a twilight cloud, Yet momently clearer in colour, I saw church-domes and steeples, And lastly a whole city, Ancient-looking, Netherlandish, Man-bedwelt in."
"Gentry of narrow income used to bedwell Montreuil; they are gone, war, want or death knows where."
"Even as he looks squarely at calculable nature, he "retrieves readily be seen to be involved in the reference to "that which announces itself in the processes and conditions of nature that pervasively rule the world we bedwell.""

Etymology

From be- (“around, about”) + dwell. Compare Middle Dutch bedwellen.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: be

Usage

Inflected Forms

bedwells (present, singular) bedwelling (participle, present) bedwelt (participle, past) bedwelt (past) Bedwells (plural)

Rhymes With

treadwell

Questions

How do you pronounce bedwell?: The recorded pronunciation is /bˈɛdwˌɛl/.
What does bedwell mean?: To dwell around or about (a place); inhabit.
Where does bedwell come from?: From be- (“around, about”) + dwell. Compare Middle Dutch bedwellen.

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