What does bedew mean?
Definitions for bedew
bɪˈdu, -ˈdyube·dew
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Princeton's WordNet
bedewverb
cover with drops of dew or as with dew
Wiktionary
bedewverb
To make wet with or as if with dew.
Etymology: From bydewen. Also see
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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
Bedewverb
to moisten with dew, or as with dew
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Bedew
be-dū′, v.t. to moisten gently, as with dew.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of bedew in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of bedew in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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