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bejewel en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épider. Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi Proto-Germanic *bider. Proto-Germanic *bi- Proto-West Germanic *bi- Old English be- Middle English bi- English be- English jewel English bejewel From be- (“on, about, all over”) + jewel.

Meanings

  1. To decorate or bedeck with jewels or gems.
    • They bejewel each other beautifully to promote their evil cause. 2017, Rebecca Wagner Oettinger, Music as Propaganda in the German Reformation:
    • Men should remove any earrings. Hands are the only areas where rings of any sort should appear. Ditch any eyebrow, lip, or nose rings until after work. Also, do not use this occasion to bejewel yourself in all your finery. 2002, Cassandra Hayes, Black Enterprise Guide to Building Your Career:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
bejeweling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part US lexicographic
bejewelled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part UK lexicographic
bejewelled Tense=Past UK lexicographic
bejeweled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part US lexicographic
bejeweled Tense=Past US lexicographic
bejewelling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part UK lexicographic
bejewels Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Translations (7)

de mit Schmuck behängen (decorate with jewels) · es enjoyar (decorate with jewels) · it ingioiellare (decorate with jewels) · cs osázet drahokamy (decorate with jewels) · mk опточува (decorate with jewels) · es alhajar (decorate with jewels) · de verzieren (decorate with jewels)