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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Coffee Trivia

Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.

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