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Bedew

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To make wet with or as if with dew. transitive

    "Balm, from a ſilver-box diſtill'd around, / Shall all bedew the roots, and ſcent the ſacred ground."

  2. 2
    cover with drops of dew or as with dew wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English bidewen, bideawen; equivalent to be- + dew. Cognate with Dutch bedauwen (“to bedew”), German betauen (“to bedew”).

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