"beshadow" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: beshadows [present, singular, third-person], beshadowing [participle, present], beshadowed [participle, past], beshadowed [past]
Etymology: From Middle English bischadewen, bischadwen (also beschaden, bescheaden), from Old English besċeaduwian, besċeadian (“to overshadow”), equivalent to be- + shadow. Cognate with Dutch beschaduwen (“to shade, adumbrate, shadow”), German beschatten (“to shade, shadow, overshadow”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|bischadewen}} Middle English bischadewen, {{m|enm|bischadwen}} bischadwen, {{m|enm|beschaden}} beschaden, {{m|enm|bescheaden}} bescheaden, {{inh|en|ang|besċeaduwian}} Old English besċeaduwian, {{m|ang|besċeadian|t=to overshadow}} besċeadian (“to overshadow”), {{af|en|be-|shadow}} be- + shadow, {{cog|nl|beschaduwen|t=to shade, adumbrate, shadow}} Dutch beschaduwen (“to shade, adumbrate, shadow”), {{cog|de|beschatten|t=to shade, shadow, overshadow}} German beschatten (“to shade, shadow, overshadow”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} beshadow (third-person singular simple present beshadows, present participle beshadowing, simple past and past participle beshadowed)
  1. (transitive) To cast a shadow around, about, or over; overshadow. Tags: transitive Synonyms: beshade
    Sense id: en-beshadow-en-verb-JbIcFGwr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with be-

Inflected forms

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