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
My tears descending as I write bedew the sheet, and beneath my swimming eyes the lines waver, but in haste I write on, lest the slayer find me before my final task be done.
From Fibble, D.D. by Sarg, Tony
And in the "Helen" he says something similar:— These are the beauteous virgin streams of Nile, Which in the place of rain bedew the plain Of Egypt when the white snow melts on th' hills.
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
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