BEDE

Bede, Saint Bede, St. Bede, Baeda, Saint Baeda, St. Baeda, Beda, Saint Beda, St. Beda, the Venerable Bede

(noun) (Roman Catholic Church) English monk and scholar (672-735)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

bede (plural bedes or beden)

prayer, request, supplication

order, command

rosary

Etymology 2

Verb

bede (third-person singular simple present bedes, present participle beding, simple past bade, past participle boden or bode)

pray, offer, proffer

request, demand, order, command, forbid

proclaim, declare

present, counsel, advise, rede, exhort

Etymology 3

Noun

bede (plural bedes)

(mining) A kind of pickaxe.

Anagrams

• Beed, Deeb, beed

Source: Wiktionary


Bede, v. t. Etym: [See Bid, v. t.]

Definition: To pray; also, to offer; to proffer. [Obs.] R. of Gloucester. Chaucer.

Bede, n. (Mining)

Definition: A kind of pickax.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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