bewatch en · VERB
Etymology
From be- (“about, over”) + watch. Compare bewake.
Meanings
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(transitive) To keep watch over; guard; observe.
In hope's corner, on her eyebrow, Lo! the eye of quest (like those Who bewatch the new moon's coming In the Fasting-tide) we've laid.
2011, The Collected Poems of Hafiz - Page 337Discoursing how they pretended to bewatch and drowne his Maiestie in the Sea comming from Den- marke, with such other wouderfull matters as the like hath not been heard of at any time.
1867, William Carew Hazlitt, Handbook to the Popular, Poetical and Dramatic Literature of Great Britain:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bewatched | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| bewatched | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| bewatches | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| bewatching | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |