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bewinged

bewinged adjective: having, or equipped with wings.

Adjective

bewinged (not comparable)

  1. Having, or equipped with wings
    • An angel throng, bewinged, bedight In veils, and drowned in tears, Sit in a theatre, to see A play of hopes and fears, While the orchestra breathes fitfully The music of the spheres.1850, Edgar Allan Poe, Edgar Allan Poe's Complete Poetical Works
    • As I edge up towards the vehicle in front, I can see it quite clearly - the red, bewinged nose cone of a Formula One car reflected in the rear end of the car I am following.2004, Autocar, page 80

Examples of bewinged in a sentence

  • Bewinged enchanted spirits— Safely guard these waters That flow hard.2008, Jean Elizabeth Ward, Winter Meditations - Page 102:
  • Low and black and bewinged, it gave new meaning to her mental image of something that moved like a bat out of hell.2011, Karen Robards, Walking After Midnight - Page 132:

Origin of bewinged

From bewing + -ed.

Questions about bewinged

What does bewinged mean?
Bewinged means having, or equipped with wings.
How do you use bewinged in a sentence?
Bewinged enchanted spirits— Safely guard these waters That flow hard.
What part of speech is bewinged?
Bewinged is an adjective.

Words near bewinged in the dictionary

  1. bewimples
  2. bewimpling
  3. bewin
  4. bewind
  5. bewing
  6. bewinged
  7. bewinging
  8. bewings
  9. bewinning
  10. bewins
  11. bewinter

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