bedew
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of bedew
First recorded in 1300–50, bedew is from the Middle English word bydewen. See be-, dew
Example Sentences
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“Do not speak so closely to another person with such enthusiasm that you bedew the other man with your spittle,” he said, from a safe distance.
From Washington Times • Sep. 6, 2019
Tears will bedew, if wigs do not bestrew the green.”
From Washington Post • Jul. 19, 2017
It’s a little cooler today, but possibly rainier: Scattered showers may bedew us, with a high of 70.
From New York Times • May 6, 2015
Tears bathe their arms, and tears bedew the ground, And, mixt with clamour, comes the clarion's sound.
From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax
O Melibaeus, he was no man, but a God who releeude me: Euer he shalbe my God: from this same Sheepcot his alters Neuer, a tender lambe shall want, with blood to bedew them.
From The Poems and Fragments of Catullus by Ellis, Robinson
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