Bedew
to wet with or as if with dew.
Historical Examples
There are bosoms on which so many tears have been shed that I cannot bedew them with mine.
The Moon and Sixpence W. Somerset Maugham
This favor was granted him, and daily did he bedew his pillow with tears.
The Miraculous Medal Jean Marie Aladel
If I had a boy whose hair wouldnt part in the middle, I should bedew that hair with a parents tear, and then giv up the boy.
The Complete Works of Josh Billings Henry W. Shaw
She could only press the little boy to her heart and bedew his face with tears.
Emmeline Charlotte Turner Smith
You cannot kill me while I cling to you thus—while I kiss your hands—while I bedew them with my tears.
Rookwood William Harrison Ainsworth
Should I not bedew with my tears the graves of my sister and her children?
Wieland; or The Transformation Charles Brockden Brown
Come down to me––that I may bedew with tears of gratitude your bones!
Santa F’s Partner Thomas A. Janvier
On the mild, westerly airs came tenderness to bedew the hearts of men war-weary.
The Ruinous Face Maurice Hewlett
bedew my cheeks with the froth of good ale on your beard while my throat lacks the good body o’t!
The Panchronicon Harold Steele Mackaye
verb
(transitive) to wet or cover with or as if with drops of dew
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to deck out; array. Historical Examples Their little souls were white as new-fallen snow and bedight with indulgences and prayers. The Path of Life Stijn Streuvels For thy coat of mail, bedight In thy spotless robe of white. Rienzi Edward Bulwer Lytton Then went with her thither / full many a beauteous maid, A hundred […]
- Bedim
to make dim; darken; obscure. Historical Examples Then her face flushed, and a warm cloud seemed to bedim her eyes. Wild Youth, Volume Complete Gilbert Parker He cast his eyes on that rider,—but one glance was enough to bedim his eye-sight, if not to scare away his reason. The Three Perils of Man, Vol. 1 […]
- Bedizen
to dress or adorn in a showy, gaudy, or tasteless manner. Historical Examples If Julia Cunningham chooses to bedizen herself in it, she is welcome to it—flounces and all. At Last Marion Harland When I was young they died for that with which they now bedizen themselves.’ Hypatia Charles Kingsley Prithee, young one, who art […]
- Be done with
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- Be down
Be depressed, in low spirits, as in During the winter months Sue’s always down, but spring cheers her up. [ ; mid-1800s ] Be knowledgeable, canny, or sophisticated, as in He was really down with the new group. This usage probably originated among jazz musicians. [ ; mid-1940s ]