"bewed" meaning in English

See bewed in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: beweds [present, singular, third-person], bewedding [participle, present], bewed [participle, past], bewed [past], bewedded [participle, past], bewedded [past]
Etymology: From Middle English biwedden, from Old English beweddian (“to betroth, marry, give security”), equivalent to be- + wed. Cognate with Old Frisian biweddia. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|biwedden}} Middle English biwedden, {{inh|en|ang|beweddian|t=to betroth, marry, give security}} Old English beweddian (“to betroth, marry, give security”), {{prefix|en|be|wed}} be- + wed, {{cog|ofs|biweddia}} Old Frisian biweddia Head templates: {{en-verb|beweds|bewedding|bewed|past2=bewedded}} bewed (third-person singular simple present beweds, present participle bewedding, simple past and past participle bewed or bewedded)
  1. (transitive) To pledge oneself to; betroth; wed; marry. Tags: transitive Synonyms (to wed): marry
    Sense id: en-bewed-en-verb-u-EsS8tB Disambiguation of 'to wed': 88 12
  2. (transitive) To unite closely and intimately; join. Tags: transitive Synonyms (to unite closely and intimately): attach
    Sense id: en-bewed-en-verb-vu~2m8kB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with be- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with be-: 43 57 Disambiguation of 'to unite closely and intimately': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: put together, unite, join Derived forms: bewedded, bewedding Related terms: self-bewedding

Inflected forms

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