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bewitting

bewitting is the present participle and gerund of bewit.

Meaning of bewit

Verb

bewit (third-person singular simple present bewits or (archaic) bewot, present participle bewitting, simple past and past participle bewitted or (archaic) bewist)

  1. (transitive) To bequeath.
    • Al my other goodes afore not bewitted, my dettes paide, and my legacy fulfilled, I gyve and witto to my sones Roberte Bulmer and John Bulmer, whome I make my executors.1527, James Raine, John William Clay, Testamenta eboracensia, published 1902
  2. (transitive) To endue or impart wit (to); instruct.
    • Several passages in the chronicles show that Elfric was tender of the queen's good name: perhaps it was the queen rather than the king who, acting on the advice of Elfwinus, wished the princes bewitted, that is to say, accomplished; made men of the world, and as we should say, their manner...1871, Henry Scale English, Crowland and Burgh

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Questions about bewitting

What is bewitting the present participle and gerund of?
Bewitting is the present participle and gerund of bewit.

Words near bewitting in the dictionary

  1. bewitchment
  2. bewitchments
  3. bewith
  4. bewits
  5. bewitted
  6. bewitting
  7. bewizard
  8. bewizarded
  9. bewizarding
  10. bewizards
  11. Bewley

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