Bebathe
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To bathe all over; bathe completely; suffuse. archaic, obsolete, transitive
"[…] and everyone with a dagger in their hand, (which dagger they call a creese, and is as sharp as a razor) stab themselves to the heart, and with their hands all do bebathe themselves in their own blood, and falling grovelling on their faces so end their days."
Example
More examples"[…] and everyone with a dagger in their hand, (which dagger they call a creese, and is as sharp as a razor) stab themselves to the heart, and with their hands all do bebathe themselves in their own blood, and falling grovelling on their faces so end their days."
Etymology
From Middle English *bebathen (attested as bebathed), from Old English bebaþian, bibaþian (“to bathe, wash”), equivalent to be- (“all over, completely”) + bathe.
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