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beditates

beditates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of beditate.

Meaning of beditate

Verb

beditate (third-person singular simple present beditates, present participle beditating, simple past and past participle beditated)

  1. (informal) To meditate while lying down, typically in bed.
    • He was lying on the wharf beside me when he grew silent. I asked, "Meditating?" He smiled and returned, "Beditating." We rarely went to bed before three or four a.m., especially on weekends.1980, Judith Schubert Kranes, David Schubert, Works and Days (Contemporary Poetry Series; 24), Princeton, N.J.: Quarterly Review of Literature, published 1983, page 136

Questions about beditates

What is beditates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Beditates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of beditate.

Words near beditates in the dictionary

  1. bedisen
  2. bedisened
  3. bedisens
  4. beditate
  5. beditated
  6. beditates
  7. beditating
  8. beditation
  9. bedizen
  10. bedizened
  11. bedizening

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