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bedew
[ bih-doo, -dyoo ]
verb (used with object)
- to wet with or as if with dew.
bedew
/ bɪˈdjuː /
verb
- tr to wet or cover with or as if with drops of dew
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Example Sentences
But then, most likely thou wilt pity Balder, And with a hot, a precious tear bedew him!
The thermometer registers a subnormal temperature, the extremities are cold, and cold sweats bedew the body.
Here bore him barefac'd on his bier Six proper youths and tall, And many a tear bedew'd his grave Within yon kirk-yard wall.
O weep not, lady, weep not soe; Some ghostly comfort seek: Let not vain sorrow rive thy heart, Ne teares bedew thy cheek.
In this consecrated spot may memory come to embalm his name, and love bedew with her fondest tears the turf which wraps his clay.
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