bedew

[ bih-doo, -dyoo ]
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verb (used with object)
  1. to wet with or as if with dew.

Origin of bedew

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First recorded in 1300–50, bedew is from the Middle English word bydewen.See be-, dew

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How to use bedew in a sentence

  • "A thousand thanks, dearest lady," exclaimed the grateful girl, kissing her mistress's hands and bedewing them with her tears.

    Valeria | William Henry Withrow
  • At this Mrs. Maxwell's wounds inwardly bled afresh, and she came little short of bedewing the kind letter with her tears.

    The Story of a Play | W. D. Howells
  • His lordship was still in the full agony of woe; still grasping and bedewing Jack's cold hand with his tears.

  • The heaving chests and profuse perspiration bedewing the bodies of both combatants, told how severe had been their exertions.

  • The maidens came to witness her departure, with tears bedewing their cheeks.

British Dictionary definitions for bedew

bedew

/ (bɪˈdjuː) /


verb
  1. (tr) to wet or cover with or as if with drops of dew

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