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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

Thy tears, the leaves thy body form'd, bedew.

From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by J. J. Howard

Then from his belt a fork and spoon He plac’d before her view; He paus’d, before he ask’d the boon, While tears his cheeks bedew.

From The Maid and the Magpie An Interesting Tale Founded on Facts by Charles Moreton




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