Bemedal

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To award a medal to; to adorn with a medal. transitive

    "They had come, by Himmler's order, to bemedal the camp commandant of Terezin, which had played its special role so splendidly in achieving the final solution of the Jewish problem."

Example

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"They had come, by Himmler's order, to bemedal the camp commandant of Terezin, which had played its special role so splendidly in achieving the final solution of the Jewish problem."

Etymology

From be- + medal.

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