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beduke en · VERB

Etymology

From be- + duke.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To make a duke.
   • I could name (reverently) a dozen illustrious men abundantly dowered with intellectual poverty, anyone of whom could beduke and enrich the obscurest ignobleman in the fierce democracy of letters by merely blaring abroad the praise of his books. 1905, Cosmopolitan, volume 40, page 360:
2. (reflexive) To behave or dress as a duke.
   • Like a simple American citizen beduking himself in his lodge. 1911, Ambrose Bierce, “resplendent”, in The Devil’s Dictionary, New York, N.Y.; Washington, D.C.: The Neale Publishing Company, →OCLC:

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