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bedwarfed

bedwarfed is the simple past and past participle of bedwarf.

Meaning of bedwarf

Verb

bedwarf (third-person singular simple present bedwarfs, present participle bedwarfing, simple past and past participle bedwarfed)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To make a dwarf of; to stunt or hinder the growth of; to dwarf.
    • Tis shrinking, not close weaving, that hath thus In mind and body both bedwarfed us.a. 1631 (date written), J[ohn] Donne, “(please specify the title)”, in Poems, […] with Elegies on the Authors Death, London: […] M[iles] F[lesher] for Iohn Marriot, […], published 1633, →OCLC

Questions about bedwarfed

What is bedwarfed the simple past and past participle of?
Bedwarfed is the simple past and past participle of bedwarf.

Words near bedwarfed in the dictionary

  1. Bedwardism
  2. Bedwardite
  3. Bedwardites
  4. bedwards
  5. bedwarf
  6. bedwarfed
  7. bedwarfing
  8. bedwarfs
  9. bedwarmer
  10. bedwarmers
  11. Bedwas

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