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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

bedewed en · ADJ

Etymology

From be- + dew + -ed.

Meanings

  1. Covered with or as if with dew.
    • “What makes you think that?” I asked, handkerchiefing my upper slopes, which had become considerably bedewed. I didn't like this line of talk at all. 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter V:

Forms

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most bedewed Degree=Sup lexicographic
more bedewed Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

unbedewed

Hypernyms

wet

Synonyms

rory · roric · bedewed · roscid · dewy · rorid

Translations (1)

mi hautakū (covered in dew)

bedewed en · VERB

Etymology

From be- + dew + -ed.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of bedew
    form of bedew