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bewest

bewest preposition: to the west of.

Preposition

bewest

  1. (Scotland, UK, dialectal) To the west of.

Origin of bewest

From Middle English be west, biwesten, from Old English be westan (“west, from the west”).

Questions about bewest

What does bewest mean?
Bewest means to the west of.
What part of speech is bewest?
Bewest is a preposition.

Words near bewest in the dictionary

  1. bewends
  2. bewent
  3. bewept
  4. Bewerley
  5. Bewes
  6. bewest
  7. bewet
  8. bewets
  9. bewetted
  10. bewetting
  11. bewhack

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