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bedimple

bedimple verb: to produce dimples in; to dimple.

Verb

bedimple (third-person singular simple present bedimples, present participle bedimpling, simple past and past participle bedimpled)

  1. (transitive) To produce dimples in; to dimple.
    • Here he ſpies a pleaſant rivulet, which, through its flow'ry banks, glides along over the brighteſt ſand, and remurmurs over the whiteſt pebbles that bedimple its ſmooth ſurface, while that other, through its liquid cryſtal, feaſts the eye with a proſpect of gold and orient pearl.1749, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, “The Notable Dispute between the Canon and Don Quixote; with Other Matters”, in [Peter Anthony] Motteux, transl., edited by [John] Ozell, The History of the...
    • Good nature, believe me, 'tis the smoothest of varnish, Which ever bedimples the beautiful cheek; [...]1788, The Goldfinch: Or, Vocal Miscellany, page 107

Forms of bedimple

third-person singular presentbedimples
present participlebedimpling
past participlebedimpled
pastbedimpled

Origin of bedimple

From be- + dimple.

Questions about bedimple

What does bedimple mean?
Bedimple means to produce dimples in; to dimple.
What part of speech is bedimple?
Bedimple is a verb.
What is the past tense of bedimple?
The past tense of bedimple is bedimpled.

Words near bedimple in the dictionary

  1. Bedikian
  2. Bedikians
  3. bedim
  4. bedimmed
  5. bedimming
  6. bedimple
  7. bedimpled
  8. bedimples
  9. bedimpling
  10. bedims
  11. Bedingfield

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