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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