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bedaub

verb as in smear

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Sacred trees and stones are painted red, and for the most solemn of their rites savages bedaub themselves with red clay.

With this paste the natives delighted to bedaub their faces.

Whan a man's shoe is blackened and bedaub'd with industry, it will procure him such a supply as will make him cheerful.

Against which he prepares to bedaub him, and swears he will do it from the beginning, from Jersey to this day.

Both Greeks and savages employ the bull-roarer, both bedaub the initiated with dirt or with white paint or chalk.

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On this page you'll find 14 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to bedaub, such as: anoint, besmear, daub, smirch, smudge, and soil.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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