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bewimple

bewimple verb: to cover with a wimple; veil.

Verb

bewimple (third-person singular simple present bewimples, present participle bewimpling, simple past and past participle bewimpled)

  1. (transitive) To cover with a wimple; veil.

Forms of bewimple

third-person singular presentbewimples
present participlebewimpling
past participlebewimpled
pastbewimpled

Origin of bewimple

From Middle English bewimplen, equivalent to be- + wimple. Compare Dutch bewimpelen (“to bewimple”).

Questions about bewimple

What does bewimple mean?
Bewimple means to cover with a wimple; veil.
What part of speech is bewimple?
Bewimple is a verb.
What is the past tense of bewimple?
The past tense of bewimple is bewimpled.

Words near bewimple in the dictionary

  1. bewiling
  2. bewill
  3. bewilled
  4. bewilling
  5. bewills
  6. bewimple
  7. bewimpled
  8. bewimples
  9. bewimpling
  10. bewin
  11. bewind

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