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beswaddle

beswaddle verb: to wrap or envelop in swaddling-clothes.

Verb

beswaddle (third-person singular simple present beswaddles, present participle beswaddling, simple past and past participle beswaddled)

  1. (transitive) To wrap or envelop in swaddling-clothes.

Forms of beswaddle

third-person singular presentbeswaddles
present participlebeswaddling
past participlebeswaddled
pastbeswaddled

Origin of beswaddle

From be- + swaddle.

Questions about beswaddle

What does beswaddle mean?
Beswaddle means to wrap or envelop in swaddling-clothes.
What part of speech is beswaddle?
Beswaddle is a verb.
What is the past tense of beswaddle?
The past tense of beswaddle is beswaddled.

Words near beswaddle in the dictionary

  1. besullies
  2. besully
  3. besullying
  4. besulpamide
  5. besung
  6. beswaddle
  7. beswarm
  8. beswarmed
  9. beswarming
  10. beswarms
  11. beswathe

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