Bejewel
to adorn with or as if with jewels.
historical examples
i am going to bejewel my house with books and then i am going to live.
the jucklins opie read
verb -els, -elling, -elled (us) -els, -eling, -eled
(transitive) to decorate with or as if with jewels
v.
1550s, from be- + jewel. related: bejeweled.
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to surround with military forces. to surround or beset, as with troubles. historical examples before g-d can make her in truth his own, make her verify her name, he will have to beleaguer and reduce her. the book of isaiah, volume i (of 2) george adam smith in his tragedy of ezelino, after the tyrant’s […]
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