Definitions for bedew

bedew be·dew

Spelling: [bih-doo, -dyoo]
IPA: /bɪˈdu, -ˈdyu/

Bedew is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 38 anagrams from letters in bedew (bdeew).

Definitions for bedew

verb (used with object)

  1. to wet with or as if with dew.

Origin of bedew

First recorded in 1300-50, bedew is from the Middle English word bydewen. See be-, dew

Examples for bedew

Come down to me––that I may bedew with tears of gratitude your bones!

This favor was granted him, and daily did he bedew his pillow with tears.

If I had a boy whose hair wouldnt part in the middle, I should bedew that hair with a parents tear, and then giv up the boy.

bedew my cheeks with the froth of good ale on your beard while my throat lacks the good body o't!

There are bosoms on which so many tears have been shed that I cannot bedew them with mine.

She could only press the little boy to her heart and bedew his face with tears.

Should I not bedew with my tears the graves of my sister and her children?

On the mild, westerly airs came tenderness to bedew the hearts of men war-weary.

You cannot kill me while I cling to you thus—while I kiss your hands—while I bedew them with my tears.

Word Value for bedew
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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