bedewv.

/bɪˈdjuː/

Forms: Middle English bydewe, Middle English–1600s bedeaw, Middle English– bedew.

Etymology: < be- prefix + dew v.; compare Middle High German betouwen, Middle Low German bedauwen.

1. passive. To be wetted with dew; hence active, To cover with dew-like moisture.

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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > dew > cover with dew [verb (transitive)]

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a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xiv. ii. 695 If gode lond is bidewede..it fatteþ.

1666 Philos. Trans. 1665–6 (Royal Soc.) 1 257 The outside of the Metalline Vessel will be bedew'd (if I may so speak) with..Drops of Water.

1706 J. Addison Rosamond ii. vi In the dreadful pains of death, When the cold damp bedews your brow.

1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. ii. vi. 159 The moisture which bedews a cold metal or stone when we breathe upon it.

2. transferred. To wet or moisten gently or by drops; also, poetic or rhetorical, to perfuse with moisture.

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the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > make wet [verb (transitive)] > with drops

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c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. iv. vii. 144 Þe fletyng reyne bydeweþ þe wynter.

a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. cvii. f. cxxxix^v/2 The ryuer of Nyle that bedewyth and watreth the londe.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 53 As though it were bedewed..with honie.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. xii. sig. M All the while salt teares bedeawd the hearers cheaks.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iii. iii. 98 Bedew Her pastors grasse with faithfull English bloud.

a1674 J. Milton in Birch Milton's Wks. (1738) I. 43 That Herod had well bedew'd himself with Wine.

1746 T. Smollett Tears Scotl. 43 While the warm blood bedews my veins.

1864 W. H. Ainsworth Tower of London 363 Tears bedewed her cheeks.

3. figurative. To perfuse with any influence figured as like dew in its operation.

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the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > introduce or bring something in [verb (transitive)] > infuse

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1340 Ayenbite (1866) 94 Þe virtues þet þe Holy Gost bedeaweþ myd his grace.

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 301/4 I shalle arrouse and bydewe her body with so ardaunt desyre.

1638 F. Rous Heavenly Acad. iv. 42 When the soule is inwardly bedewed,..by the Spirit.

1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 336 So did the Apostles bedew the souls of believers with the word of godliness.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bedew
释义	bedewv. /bɪˈdjuː/ Forms: Middle English bydewe, Middle English–1600s bedeaw, Middle English– bedew. Etymology: < be- prefix + dew v.; compare Middle High German betouwen, Middle Low German bedauwen. 1. passive. To be wetted with dew; hence active, To cover with dew-like moisture. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > dew > cover with dew [verb (transitive)] bedewa1398 dew1821 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xiv. ii. 695 If gode lond is bidewede..it fatteþ. 1666 Philos. Trans. 1665–6 (Royal Soc.) 1 257 The outside of the Metalline Vessel will be bedew'd (if I may so speak) with..Drops of Water. 1706 J. Addison Rosamond ii. vi In the dreadful pains of death, When the cold damp bedews your brow. 1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. ii. vi. 159 The moisture which bedews a cold metal or stone when we breathe upon it. 2. transferred. To wet or moisten gently or by drops; also, poetic or rhetorical, to perfuse with moisture. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > make wet [verb (transitive)] > with drops dripec1000 bedewc1374 bedrop1393 spot1854 c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. iv. vii. 144 Þe fletyng reyne bydeweþ þe wynter. a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. cvii. f. cxxxix^v/2 The ryuer of Nyle that bedewyth and watreth the londe. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 53 As though it were bedewed..with honie. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. xii. sig. M All the while salt teares bedeawd the hearers cheaks. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iii. iii. 98 Bedew Her pastors grasse with faithfull English bloud. View more context for this quotation a1674 J. Milton in Birch Milton's Wks. (1738) I. 43 That Herod had well bedew'd himself with Wine. 1746 T. Smollett Tears Scotl. 43 While the warm blood bedews my veins. 1864 W. H. Ainsworth Tower of London 363 Tears bedewed her cheeks. 3. figurative. To perfuse with any influence figured as like dew in its operation. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > introduce or bring something in [verb (transitive)] > infuse sheda1325 bedew1340 distil1393 informa1398 transfusec1425 pourc1451 infudea1500 infuse1526 tan1530 colour1536 suck1549 imbrue1565 dewc1572 inspire1576 steep1603 infect1605 imbreathe1609 impregn1652 transfund1670 influence1691 bleed1866 render1885 taste1904 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 94 Þe virtues þet þe Holy Gost bedeaweþ myd his grace. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 301/4 I shalle arrouse and bydewe her body with so ardaunt desyre. 1638 F. Rous Heavenly Acad. iv. 42 When the soule is inwardly bedewed,..by the Spirit. 1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 336 So did the Apostles bedew the souls of believers with the word of godliness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). > as lemmas bedew † bedew v. Obsolete Π 1599 F. Thynne Animaduersions (1875) 61 This syllable (be) is sett before to make yt moore signyficante and of force; as, for..‘dewed’, ‘bedewed’, &c. extracted from be-prefix < v.1340 as lemmas
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