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behue

behue verb: to endow with hue or colour; to colour; make colourful.

Verb

behue (third-person singular simple present behues, present participle behuing, simple past and past participle behued)

  1. (transitive) To endow with hue or colour; to colour; make colourful.
    • Splendent of carnal glamour from thy brain Like precious stones behued in tints divine, That hide in dazzling depths a soul long lain, A spirit crystallized, infused, benign!1873, Francis Saltus Saltus, Honey and Gall

Forms of behue

third-person singular presentbehues
present participlebehuing
past participlebehued
pastbehued

Origin of behue

From be- + hue.

Questions about behue

What does behue mean?
Behue means to endow with hue or colour; to colour; make colourful.
What part of speech is behue?
Behue is a verb.
What is the past tense of behue?
The past tense of behue is behued.

Words near behue in the dictionary

  1. Behrmanns
  2. Behrmans
  3. Behrouz
  4. Behrs
  5. Behrug
  6. behue
  7. behues
  8. behuing
  9. Behun
  10. behung
  11. Behunin

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