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bedeal

bedeal verb: to deprive (of).

Verb

bedeal (third-person singular simple present bedeals, present participle bedealing, simple past and past participle bedealt)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To deprive (of).

Forms of bedeal

third-person singular presentbedeals
present participlebedealing
past participlebedealt
pastbedealt

Origin of bedeal

From Middle English bedelen, bidelen, bidælen, from Old English bedǣlan, equivalent to be- (“off, away”) + deal. Cognate with Old Saxon bidēlian (“to deprive”), Old High German piteilan (“to deprive”).

Questions about bedeal

What does bedeal mean?
Bedeal means to deprive (of).
What part of speech is bedeal?
Bedeal is a verb.
What is the past tense of bedeal?
The past tense of bedeal is bedealt.

Words near bedeal in the dictionary

  1. bede
  2. bedeafen
  3. bedeafened
  4. bedeafening
  5. bedeafens
  6. bedeal
  7. Bedean
  8. bedear
  9. bedears
  10. bedeck
  11. bedecked

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