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Definitions for bedew
bɪˈdu, -ˈdyube·dew

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. bedewverb

    cover with drops of dew or as with dew

Wiktionary

  1. bedewverb

    To make wet with or as if with dew.

  2. Etymology: From bydewen. Also see

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Bedewverb

    To moisten gently, as with the fall of dew.

    Etymology: from dew.

    Bedew her pasture’s grass with faithful English blood. William Shakespeare, Richard II.

    Let all the tears that should bedew my herse,
    Be drops of balm to sanctify thy head. William Shakespeare, Hen. IV.

    The countess received a letter from him, whereunto all the while she was writing her answer, she bedewed the paper with her tears. Henry Wotton.

    What slender youth, bedew’d with liquid odours,
    Courts thee on roses, in some pleasant cave? John Milton.

    Balm from a silver box distill’d around,
    Shall all bedew the roots, and scent the sacred ground. Dryd.

    He said: and falling tears his face bedew. John Dryden, Æneid.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Bedewverb

    to moisten with dew, or as with dew

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Bedew

    be-dū′, v.t. to moisten gently, as with dew.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of bedew in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of bedew in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3


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