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bedew

[bih-doo, -dyoo] / bɪˈdu, -ˈdju /




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“Do not speak so closely to another person with such enthusiasm that you bedew the other man with your spittle,” he said, from a safe distance.

From Washington Times Sep. 6, 2019

Tears will bedew, if wigs do not bestrew the green.”

From Washington Post Jul. 19, 2017

It’s a little cooler today, but possibly rainier: Scattered showers may bedew us, with a high of 70.

From New York Times May 6, 2015

But if death is to terminate your existence there, let your last senses be impressed with the reflection that you die not without one more friend whose tears will bedew your funeral obsequies.

From The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees by Mary Caroline Crawford

Let all the tears that should bedew my hearse Be drops of Balm to sanctify thy head. 2nd Henry IV, act iv, sc.

From The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare by Henry Nicholson Ellacombe




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