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bedone

bedone is the past participle of bedo.

Meaning of bedo

Verb

bedo (third-person singular simple present bedoes, present participle bedoing, simple past bedid, past participle bedone)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To shut; make or put to.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To befoul; defile with ordure.
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To adorn; ornament; garnish.

Adjective

bedone (comparative more bedone, superlative most bedone)

  1. (UK, dialectal) Outwitted.

Forms of bedone

comparativemore bedone
superlativemost bedone

Origin of bedone

From Middle English bedon, from Old English bedōn, past participle of bedōn (“to shut”). More at bedo.

From be- + done.

Questions about bedone

What does bedone mean?
Bedone means outwitted.
What is bedone the past participle of?
Bedone is the past participle of bedo.
What part of speech is bedone?
Bedone is an adjective.

Words near bedone in the dictionary

  1. bedoing
  2. Bedok
  3. bedole
  4. Bedolla
  5. Bedollas
  6. bedone
  7. Bedonie
  8. Bedoon
  9. Bedoons
  10. Bedore
  11. Bedores

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: bedone (page history and authors); bedo (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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