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bedwarfing

bedwarfing is the present participle and gerund 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 bedwarfing

What is bedwarfing the present participle and gerund of?
Bedwarfing is the present participle and gerund of bedwarf.

Words near bedwarfing in the dictionary

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

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