bedaw en · VERB
Etymology
From Middle English bedauen, bedaghen (“to become day, dawn”); equivalent to be- + daw (“to dawn, to awake”). More at daw.
Meanings
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(ambitransitive, archaic) To awake.
That one halt and that other draweth, There is no day which hem bedaweth, […]
1857, original 1390, John Gower, Confessio Amantis, or Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bedaws | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| bedawed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| bedawed | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| bedawing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |