BEDEW

bedew

(verb) cover with drops of dew or as with dew

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

bedew (third-person singular simple present bedews, present participle bedewing, simple past and past participle bedewed)

(transitive) To make wet with or as if with dew.

Anagrams

• bewed, dweeb

Source: Wiktionary


Be*dew", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bedewed (p. pr. & vb. n. Bedewing.]

Definition: To moisten with dew, or as with dew. "Falling tears his face bedew." Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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