† beshedv.
Obsolete.
transitive.
1. To perfuse, drench, moisten, wet (with).
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > make wet [verb (transitive)]
weta950
bathec1000
drenchc1230
blotenc1325
danka1350
anointa1375
moista1382
beshed1382
moil?a1425
madefy?1440
arrouse1480
moisturea1500
humect1531
intinct1547
moisten1559
rinse1579
inebriate1610
irrigate1615
slocken1627
irriguate1632
humectate1640
madidate1656
slake1810
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 1 Kings xviii. 28 To the tyme that thei weren alle beshed with blood.
a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Isa. lv. 10 As reyn and snow..fillith the erthe, and bischedith it.
a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Esther xv. 8.
2. To shed (blood).
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the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > be killed [verb] > by bloodshed
to shed (one's own) blood?a1100
beshed1474
1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iii. iii. 103 Er he had do be shedde ony blood, he wepte.
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