bedwell
bedwell verb: to dwell around or about (a place); inhabit.
Verb
bedwell (third-person singular simple present bedwells, present participle bedwelling, simple past and past participle bedwelt)
- To dwell around or about (a place); inhabit.
- [...] At first like a twilight cloud, Yet momently clearer in colour, I saw church-domes and steeples, And lastly a whole city, Ancient-looking, Netherlandish, Man-bedwelt in.1841, Alexander Crawford Lindsay Crawford (Earl of), Ballads, songs and poems
- Gentry of narrow income used to bedwell Montreuil; they are gone, war, want or death knows where.1843, Robert Southey, Sir Walter Scott, A memoir of the life and writings of the late William Taylor
Proper noun capitalized: Bedwell
Bedwell (countable and uncountable, plural Bedwells)
Forms of bedwell
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | bedwells |
| present participle | bedwelling |
| past participle | bedwelt |
| past | bedwelt |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Bedwells |
Origin of bedwell
From be- (“around, about”) + dwell. Compare Middle Dutch bedwellen.
Variant of Bidwell.
Questions about bedwell
- What does bedwell mean?
- Bedwell means to dwell around or about (a place); inhabit.
- What part of speech is bedwell?
- Bedwell can be a verb or a proper noun.
- What is the past tense of bedwell?
- The past tense of bedwell is bedwelt.
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