Bedraw

//bɪˈdɹɔː// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To draw aside or away. dialectal, rare, transitive

    "Become, be with, be helping me; Bespouse, bedraw, be make-me see."

  2. 2
    To draw away; seduce; deceive. dialectal, rare, transitive

Example

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"Become, be with, be helping me; Bespouse, bedraw, be make-me see."

Etymology

From Middle English bedrawen, from Old English bedragan (“to draw aside, seduce”), from Proto-West Germanic *bidragan, equivalent to be- + draw. Cognate with Scots bedraw, bydraw (“to draw aside, supersede”), Dutch bedragen (“to total, amount to”), German betragen (“to amount to”).

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