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bewell

bewell verb: to well up.

Verb

bewell (third-person singular simple present bewells, present participle bewelling, simple past and past participle bewelled)

  1. (intransitive) To well up.

Forms of bewell

third-person singular presentbewells
present participlebewelling
past participlebewelled
pastbewelled

Origin of bewell

From Middle English bewellen, biwellen, from Old English beweallan (“to boil away”), equivalent to be- + well.

Questions about bewell

What does bewell mean?
Bewell means to well up.
What part of speech is bewell?
Bewell is a verb.
What is the past tense of bewell?
The past tense of bewell is bewelled.

Words near bewell in the dictionary

  1. beweigh
  2. beweighed
  3. beweighing
  4. beweighs
  5. bewelcome
  6. bewell
  7. bewelter
  8. beweltered
  9. bewend
  10. bewending
  11. bewends

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