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bewhape

/bɪˈweɪp/

bewhape verb: to bewilder; amaze; confuse; utterly confound.

Verb

bewhape (third-person singular simple present bewhapes, present participle bewhaping, simple past and past participle bewhaped)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To bewilder; amaze; confuse; utterly confound.

Forms of bewhape

third-person singular presentbewhapes
present participlebewhaping
past participlebewhaped
pastbewhaped

Origin of bewhape

From be- + whape. Compare awhape, whap.

Words formed from bewhape

  • bewhaped

Questions about bewhape

What does bewhape mean?
Bewhape means to bewilder; amaze; confuse; utterly confound.
What part of speech is bewhape?
Bewhape is a verb.
How do you pronounce bewhape?
Bewhape is pronounced /bɪˈweɪp/.
What is the past tense of bewhape?
The past tense of bewhape is bewhaped.

Words near bewhape in the dictionary

  1. bewets
  2. bewetted
  3. bewetting
  4. bewhack
  5. bewhacked
  6. bewhape
  7. bewhine
  8. bewhined
  9. bewhines
  10. bewhining
  11. bewhisker

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