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bewizard

bewizard verb: to influence by, or as though by, a wizard or wizardry.

Verb

bewizard (third-person singular simple present bewizards, present participle bewizarding, simple past and past participle bewizarded)

  1. (transitive) To influence by, or as though by, a wizard or wizardry.
    • Samuel Peters not only forged a whole code of the most absurd "laws" that Christendom has ever seen, but he seemed to "bewizard" the whole subject, so that even sober historians, in exposing his forgeries, have found themselves guilty of gross violations of truth.1890, “The Methodist review quarterly - Page 154”, in Methodist Episcopal Church, South
    • "[...] May God and your conscience reward you." Asahel went forth under a spell. He had talked with one of those men who are born to bewizard other men.1898, John William De Forest, A lover's revolt

Forms of bewizard

third-person singular presentbewizards
present participlebewizarding
past participlebewizarded
pastbewizarded

Origin of bewizard

From be- + wizard. Compare bewitch.

Questions about bewizard

What does bewizard mean?
Bewizard means to influence by, or as though by, a wizard or wizardry.
What part of speech is bewizard?
Bewizard is a verb.
What is the past tense of bewizard?
The past tense of bewizard is bewizarded.

Words near bewizard in the dictionary

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

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