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bedaubeth

bedaubeth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bedaub.

Meaning of bedaub

Verb

bedaub (third-person singular simple present bedaubs, present participle bedaubing, simple past and past participle bedaubed)

  1. (transitive) To smear upon; to soil.
    • In this 6 mile we Crosst several miring branches in which we were all terribly bedaubed … Having almost spent the day in this toilsome tho short Journey.2009, Noeleen McIlvenna, quoting journal, 1711, A Very Mutinous People, Univ of North Carolina Press, →ISBN, page 18
    Synonyms:
    bedirty, befoul, sully, assoil, beclart, imbrue (especially with blood), bedizen, befile, befilth, begrime
  2. (transitive) To ornament garishly; to overdecorate.
    Synonyms:
    bedizen, gaud

Origin of bedaubeth

bedaub + -eth

Questions about bedaubeth

What is bedaubeth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Bedaubeth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bedaub.

Words near bedaubeth in the dictionary

  1. bedashed
  2. bedashes
  3. bedashing
  4. bedaub
  5. bedaubed
  6. bedaubeth
  7. bedaubing
  8. bedaubs
  9. bedaughtered
  10. bedaw
  11. Bedawi Arabic

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