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bewed

UK/biˈwɛd/

bewed verb: to pledge oneself to; betroth; wed; marry.

Verb

bewed (third-person singular simple present beweds, present participle bewedding, simple past and past participle bewed or bewedded)

  1. (transitive) To pledge oneself to; betroth; wed; marry.
    • Þæt wolde ðyncan wundorlic ælcum men þe on Englalande wæs, gif ænig man ær þam sæde þæt hit swa gewurþan sceolde, for ðam þe he wæs ær to þam swyðe up ahafen swylce he weolde þæs cynges ⁊ ealles Englalandes, ⁊ his sunan wæron eorlas, ⁊ þæs cynges dyrlingas, ⁊ his dohtor þæm cynge beweddod ⁊ beæwnod.1898, Sir James H[enry] Ramsay of Bamff, [10th] Bar[one]t, “Eadward the Confessor (continued): a.d. 1051–1053”, in The Foundations of England: or Twelve Centuries of British History (b.c. 55–a.d....
    • […] You venerable Fates, a vision to see:
      Approaching the bride-room of Zeus,
      Or ever bewedded to bridegroom from heaven.1964, AESCHYLUS PROMETHEUS BOUND
  2. (transitive) To unite closely and intimately; join.
    Synonyms:
    attach

Synonyms of bewed

Forms of bewed

third-person singular presentbeweds
present participlebewedding
past participlebewed
pastbewed
past participlebewedded
pastbewedded

Origin of bewed

From Middle English biwedden, from Old English beweddian (“to betroth, marry, give security”), from Proto-West Germanic *biwaddjōn, equivalent to be- + wed. Cognate with Old Frisian biweddia.

Words formed from bewed

Questions about bewed

What does bewed mean?
Bewed means to pledge oneself to; betroth; wed; marry.
What part of speech is bewed?
Bewed is a verb.
How do you pronounce bewed?
Bewed is pronounced /biˈwɛd/ (UK).
What is the past tense of bewed?
The past tense of bewed is bewed.

Words near bewed in the dictionary

  1. beweaponing
  2. beweapons
  3. bewearied
  4. beweary
  5. bewebbed
  6. bewed
  7. bewedded
  8. bewedding
  9. beweds
  10. beweep
  11. beweeper

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