BEDEW
BEDEW', verb transitive [be and dew.] To moisten, as with dew; to moisten in a gentle manner with any liquid; as, tears bedew her face.
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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BEDEW', verb transitive [be and dew.] To moisten, as with dew; to moisten in a gentle manner with any liquid; as, tears bedew her face.
BEDEW'ED, participle passive Moistened, as if with dew; gently moistened.
BEDEW'ER, noun That which bedews.
BEDEW'ING, participle present tense Moistening gently, as with dew; wetting.
BEDEW'Y, adjective Moist with dew. [Little used.]
BED'FELLOW, noun [bed and fellow.] One who lies in the same bed.
BEDI'GHT, verb transitive bedi'te. [be and dight.] To adorn; to dress; set off with ornaments. [Little used.]
BEDI'GHTED, participle passive Adorned; set off with ornaments.
BEDI'GHTING, participle present tense Adorning.
BEDIM', verb transitive [be and dim.] To make dim; to obscure or darken.
BEDIM'MED, participle passive Made dim; obscured.
BEDIM'MING, participle present tense Making dim; obscuring; darkening.
BEDIZ'EN, verb transitive bediz'n. [be and dizen.] To adorn; to deck; a low word.
BEDIZ'ENED, participle passive Bedecked; adorned.
BEDIZ'ENING, participle present tense Adorning.
BED'LAM, noun [Corrupted from Bethlehem, the name of a religious house in London, afterward converted into a hospital for lunatics.]1. A mad house; a place appropriated for luna...
BED'LAMITE, noun An inhabitant of a madhouse, a madman.
BED'MAKER, noun [bed and maker.] One whose occupation is to make beds, as a college or university.
BED'MATE, noun [bed and mate.] A bedfellow.BED'-MOLDING, [bed and molding.] In architecture, the members of a cornice, which are placed below the coronet, consisting of an ogee,...
BEDO'TE, verb transitive [be and dote.] To make to dote. [Not in use.]
BED'POST, noun [bed and post.] The post of a bedstead.
BED'PRESSER, noun [bed and press.] A lazy fellow; one who loves his bed.
BEDRAG'GLE, verb transitive [be and draggle.] To soil, as garments which are suffered, in walking, to reach the dirt; to soil by drawing along on mud.
BEDRAG'GLED, participle passive Soiled by reaching the dirt, in walking.
BEDRAG'GLING, participle present tense Soiling by drawing along in dirt or mud.BEDRENCH'verb intransitive [be and drench.] To drench; to soak; to saturate with moisture; applied...
BEDRENCH'ED, participle passive Drenched; soaked.
BEDRENCH'ING, participle present tense Soaked; drenching.