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bedimpling

bedimpling is the present participle and gerund of bedimple.

Meaning of bedimple

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...

Questions about bedimpling

What is bedimpling the present participle and gerund of?
Bedimpling is the present participle and gerund of bedimple.

Words near bedimpling in the dictionary

  1. bedimmed
  2. bedimming
  3. bedimple
  4. bedimpled
  5. bedimples
  6. bedimpling
  7. bedims
  8. Bedingfield
  9. Bedingfields
  10. Bedinghaus
  11. bedinner

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