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Behew vs Bedew - What's the difference?

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As verbs the difference between behew and bedew

is that behew is (obsolete) to carve; adorn; embellish while bedew is to make wet with or as if with dew.

behew

English

Verb

  • (obsolete) To carve; adorn; embellish.

    • bedew

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make wet with or as if with dew.
  • * 1885:
    • While sympathetic tears
    My cheeks bedew
  • * 1836 , (Eliza Cook), ""
  • *:I LOVE it, I love it ; and who shall dare
  • *:To chide me for loving that old Arm-chair ?
  • *:I've treasured it long as a sainted prize ;
  • *:I've bedewed it with tears, and embalmed it with sighs.
  • * 1831 , (Mary Shelley),
  • *:Soft tears again bedewed my cheeks, and I even raised my humid eyes with thankfulness towards the blessed sun which bestowed such joy upon me.

    • Derived terms

    * bedewed

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