bedipv.
/bɪˈdɪp/ transitive. To dip, immerse, treat to a dipping.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > dip or plunge into liquid
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c1000 Ælfric Genesis xxxvii. 31 Hig.. bedypton his tunecan on ðam blode.
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xxvi. 23 Se þe bedypð [c1160 Hatton bedepð] on disce mid me his hand.
a1618 J. Sylvester tr. Bethulians Rescue in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Diuine Weekes & Wks. (1621) 993 Her..hands, in Snowe bedipt.
1820 W. Combe Second Tour Dr. Syntax xxviii. 108 The warrior's spear bedipp'd in blood.
a1845 T. Hood Storm at Hastings i Crowds of idlers willing or unwilling To be bedipped.
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