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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

behew

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
be-hew
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To carve; adorn; embellish.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

Etymology

From Middle English behewen, from Old English behēawan (“to cut, chip, chop, beat, cut off from, deprive of”), equivalent to be- + hew.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

behews (present, singular) behewing (participle, present) behewed (past) behewn (participle, past)

Questions

What does behew mean?
To carve; adorn; embellish.
Where does behew come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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