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bewin

bewin verb: to gain, win, or get possession of.

Verb

bewin (third-person singular simple present bewins, present participle bewinning, simple past and past participle bewon)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To gain, win, or get possession of.
    • His helme to bewin was in twenty places, […]1790, The plays and poems of William Shakspeare
    • A word to you in and for the Teacher—that is, the NY Teacher—-not that it will be likely to bewin or interest even you much, but it will be a moral relief to me.1855, New York State United Teachers, United Federation of Teachers, New York Teacher: UFT bulletin

Forms of bewin

third-person singular presentbewins
present participlebewinning
past participlebewon
pastbewon

Origin of bewin

From Middle English bewinnen, biwinnen, from Old English *bewinnan, from Proto-West Germanic *biwinnan (“to acquire, gain”), equivalent to be- + win. Cognate with Saterland Frisian bewinne (“to gain, acquire”), Middle Dutch bewinnen (“to cultivate”), Middle High German bewinnen (“to attain, acquire”).

Questions about bewin

What does bewin mean?
Bewin means to gain, win, or get possession of.
What part of speech is bewin?
Bewin is a verb.
What is the past tense of bewin?
The past tense of bewin is bewon.

Words near bewin in the dictionary

  1. bewills
  2. bewimple
  3. bewimpled
  4. bewimples
  5. bewimpling
  6. bewin
  7. bewind
  8. bewing
  9. bewinged
  10. bewinging
  11. bewings

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