adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   past participle of bedo. form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Outwitted. UK, dialectal

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English bedon, from Old English bedōn, past participle of bedōn (“to shut”). More at bedo.

Etymology 2

From be- + done.

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