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beword

/bɪˈwɜː(ɹ)d/

beword verb: to happen; come to pass.

Verb

beword (third-person singular simple present bewords, present participle bewording, simple past and past participle beworded)

  1. (dialectal, intransitive, obsolete) To happen; come to pass.

Forms of beword

third-person singular presentbewords
present participlebewording
past participlebeworded
pastbeworded

Origin of beword

Alteration of beworth, equivalent to be- + worth (“to become, happen”). Compare German bewerden.

Questions about beword

What does beword mean?
Beword means to happen; come to pass.
What part of speech is beword?
Beword is a verb.
How do you pronounce beword?
Beword is pronounced /bɪˈwɜː(ɹ)d/.
What is the past tense of beword?
The past tense of beword is beworded.

Words near beword in the dictionary

  1. Bewlian
  2. bewon
  3. bewonder
  4. bewondered
  5. bewonderment
  6. beword
  7. bewore
  8. bework
  9. beworking
  10. bewormed
  11. beworried

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