"bedance" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: bedances [present, singular, third-person], bedancing [participle, present], bedanced [participle, past], bedanced [past]
Etymology: From be- (“around, over, about”) + dance. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|be|dance|t1=around, over, about}} be- (“around, over, about”) + dance Head templates: {{en-verb}} bedance (third-person singular simple present bedances, present participle bedancing, simple past and past participle bedanced)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To dance around; dance about; dance for; dance in celebration of. Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-bedance-en-verb-2BRSSOlg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with be-

Inflected forms

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