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bewatch

bewatch verb: to keep watch over; guard; observe.

Verb

bewatch (third-person singular simple present bewatches, present participle bewatching, simple past and past participle bewatched)

  1. (transitive) To keep watch over; guard; observe.
    • Discoursing how they pretended to bewatch and drowne his Maiestie in the Sea comming from Den- marke, with such other wouderfull matters as the like hath not been heard of at any time.1867, William Carew Hazlitt, Handbook to the Popular, Poetical and Dramatic Literature of Great Britain
    • In hope's corner, on her eyebrow, Lo! the eye of quest (like those Who bewatch the new moon's coming In the Fasting-tide) we've laid.2011, The Collected Poems of Hafiz - Page 337

Forms of bewatch

third-person singular presentbewatches
present participlebewatching
past participlebewatched
pastbewatched

Origin of bewatch

From be- (“about, over”) + watch. Compare bewake.

Questions about bewatch

What does bewatch mean?
Bewatch means to keep watch over; guard; observe.
What part of speech is bewatch?
Bewatch is a verb.
What is the past tense of bewatch?
The past tense of bewatch is bewatched.

Words near bewatch in the dictionary

  1. bewash
  2. bewaste
  3. bewasted
  4. bewastes
  5. bewasting
  6. bewatch
  7. bewater
  8. bewatered
  9. bewatering
  10. bewaters
  11. bewave

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