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bewhiten
bewhiten v. 
/biˈ(h)waɪtn/
Brit. /bᵻˈwʌɪtn/
, /bᵻˈwʌɪtn/U.S. /bəˈ(h)waɪtn/
, /bəˈ(h)waɪtn//biˈ(h)waɪtn/ΘΠ
the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > whitening > make white [verb (transitive)]
whiteOE
emblanch1393
blank1484
whiten1552
frost1596
albify1599
frostbite?1605
hoar1605
dealbate1623
impearl1640
marble1658
bewhite1678
whiten1699
rewhiten1725
bewhiten1810
ermine1825
powder1890
1810 W. Combe Schoolmaster's Tour in Poet. Mag. Nov. 3 The cot, that's all bewhiten'd o'er.
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as lemmas
- to hold a person company
- to hold a person in contempt
- to hold a person in contempt of court
- to hold a person in etc reverence
- to hold a person in fable
- to hold a person in great reverence
- to hold a person in hand
- to hold a person in reverence
- to hold a person in the palm of one's hand
- to hold a person responsible
- to hold a person scoreless
- to hold a person tack
- to hold a person tack to tack
- to hold a person upon the inturn
- to hold a person wag
- to hold a person's feet to the fire
- to hold a pistol at a person's head
- to hold a pistol at head
- to hold a pistol to a person's head
- to hold a pistol to head
- to hold a school
- to hold a shop
- to hold a spurn
- to hold a stop in
- to hold a taper to the devil