bedewedadj.
/bɪˈdjuːd/ Moistened with or as with dew.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > dew > [adjective] > covered or wet with dew
dewyOE
fordewed1430
bedewed1530
dewed1552
rorulent1656
dew-dropped1744
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 445/2 In Aprill it is a pleasant syght to se the yonge herbes bedewed.
1646 R. Crashaw Sospetto d'Herode lx, in Steps to Temple 71 His Sweat-bedewed Bed.
1867 G. F. Chambers Descr. Astron. vii. viii. 704 Its transfer into warm air will probably lead to its becoming bedewed.
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