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bedutching

bedutching is the present participle and gerund of bedutch.

Meaning of bedutch

Verb

bedutch (third-person singular simple present bedutches, present participle bedutching, simple past and past participle bedutched)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To Germanise.
    • As for the people not liking it, it would surely be easier to bedutch them back again than it was to bewelsh them before.1895, William Richard Wood Stephens, The Life and Letters of Edward A. Freeman, D. C. L., LL.
  2. (rare, transitive) To make Dutch, or make like Dutch; Dutchify.

Questions about bedutching

What is bedutching the present participle and gerund of?
Bedutching is the present participle and gerund of bedutch.

Words near bedutching in the dictionary

  1. bedusting
  2. bedusts
  3. bedutch
  4. bedutched
  5. bedutches
  6. bedutching
  7. bedward
  8. Bedwardism
  9. Bedwardite
  10. Bedwardites
  11. bedwards

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