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bewending

bewending is the present participle and gerund of bewend.

Meaning of bewend

Verb

bewend (third-person singular simple present bewends, present participle bewending, simple past and past participle bewent or bewended)

  1. (dialectal, transitive) To turn; turn around.
    • Glowing under day's warm sunning, Sparkling with thy ripples' running, Taking to thee brooks and rills, Valley-draining, dell-bewending, Water-taking, water- sending, Down to dairy farms and mills, [...]1971, William Barnes, One hundred poems - Page 62

Questions about bewending

What is bewending the present participle and gerund of?
Bewending is the present participle and gerund of bewend.

Words near bewending in the dictionary

  1. bewelcome
  2. bewell
  3. bewelter
  4. beweltered
  5. bewend
  6. bewending
  7. bewends
  8. bewent
  9. bewept
  10. Bewerley
  11. Bewes

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