What does bedew mean?
Bedew means (transitive) To make wet with or as if with dew..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(transitive) To make wet with or as if with dew..
Balm, from a ſilver-box diſtill'd around, / Shall all bedew the roots, and ſcent the ſacred ground.
Soft tears again bedewed my cheeks, and I even raised my humid eyes with thankfulness towards the blessed sun which bestowed such joy upon me.
As if their own indignant earth, / Which gave the sons of England birth, / Had felt their blood upon her brow, / And shuddering with a mother's throe, / Had turned every drop of blood, / By which her face had been bedewed / To an accent unwithstood, / As if her heart had cried aloud: […]
I LOVE it, I love it ; and who shall dare To chide me for loving that old Arm-chair ? I've treasured it long as a sainted prize ; I've bedewed it with tears, and embalmed it with sighs.
While sympathetic tears / My cheeks bedew
Use bedew when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Bedew means (transitive) To make wet with or as if with dew..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Balm, from a ſilver-box diſtill'd around, / Shall all bedew the roots, and ſcent the ſacred ground.
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