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bewiled

bewiled is the simple past and past participle of bewile.

Meaning of bewile

Verb

bewile (third-person singular simple present bewiles, present participle bewiling, simple past and past participle bewiled)

  1. (archaic, rare, transitive) To delude; deceive; beguile.
    • He was utterly bewitched and bewiled by her beauty, and upon the following day an opportunity to prove his devotion occurred.1865, Ballou's monthly magazine

Questions about bewiled

What is bewiled the simple past and past participle of?
Bewiled is the simple past and past participle of bewile.

Words near bewiled in the dictionary

  1. bewilderings
  2. bewilderment
  3. bewilderments
  4. bewilders
  5. bewile
  6. bewiled
  7. bewiles
  8. bewiling
  9. bewill
  10. bewilled
  11. bewilling

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