What does bewish mean?
Bewish means (transitive, rare) To confer, grant, or make a wish; wish..
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/bɪˈwɪʃ/ · verb
(transitive, rare) To confer, grant, or make a wish; wish..
Och, murther! faix, some spell my pipe bewishes, I've played a wail and raised the little fishes.
Where litle babes fro windows were pusht down, Yong Ladies blotted with adulteries, Old fathers scourg'd with all base villanies ? O mourne her mine and bewish the Turke, etemall depriuation of his Crowne, [...]
I could not bewish that the stars and stripes were wavering from its top.
Use bewish when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Bewish means (transitive, rare) To confer, grant, or make a wish; wish..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Och, murther! faix, some spell my pipe bewishes, I've played a wail and raised the little fishes.
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