ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Bewater

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /bɪˈwɔːtɚ/ · Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Bewater is a verb meaning (transitive) To water about or all over; cover, douse, or fill with water; make wet; water; hydrate.

Meaning

(transitive) To water about or all over; cover, douse, or fill with water; make wet; water; hydrate.

Example Sentences

For ten days my wife and I fed this mile, every two hours by day, and three by night, wi'h drops of cow's milk, sugared and bewatered.
A piece of brass may as easily melt, or a flint bewater itself, as the heart of man, by any innate power of its own, resolve itself into a penitential humiliation.
[...] unto my chamber aloft now will I go And lie on the bed that knoweth the wailing of my woe, With many a tear bewatered since the day Odysseus fared With Atreus' sons to Ilios.

Word Forms

Synonyms for bewater

Depending on context, synonyms include soak.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include water, bathe, water-soak, hydrate, irrorate, berain.

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