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be⋅head

  [bi-hed]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to cut off the head of; kill or execute by decapitation.
2. Geology. (of a pirate stream) to divert the headwaters of (a river, stream, etc.).
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME behe(f)den, beheveden, OE behēafdian. See be-, head

Related forms:
be⋅head⋅al, noun
be⋅head⋅er, noun
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be·head   (bĭ-hěd')   
tr.v.   be·head·ed, be·head·ing, be·heads
To separate the head from; decapitate.

[Middle English biheden, from Old English behēafdian : be-, away from; see be- + hēafod, head; see head.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Behead

a method of taking away life practised among the Egyptians (Gen. 40:17-19). There are instances of this mode of punishment also among the Hebrews (2 Sam. 4:8; 20:21,22; 2 Kings 10:6-8). It is also mentioned in the New Testament (Matt. 14:8-12; Acts 12:2).

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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