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BEWAILING a.
Wailing over; lamenting. -- Be*wail"ing*ly, adv.
BEWAILMENT n.
The act of bewailing.
BEWAKE v.
To keep watch over; to keep awake. [Obs.] Gower.
BEWARE v. 3 definitions
To be on one's guard; to be cautious; to take care; -- commonly followed by of or lest before the thing that is to be avoided. Beware of all, but most beware of man ! Pope. Beware the awful avalanche. Longfellow.
BEWASH v.
To drench or souse with water. "Let the maids bewash the men." Herrick.
BEWEEP v. 2 definitions
To weep over; to deplore; to bedew with tears. "His timeless death beweeping." Drayton.
BEWET v.
To wet or moisten. Gay.
BEWHORE v. 2 definitions
To corrupt with regard to chastity; to make a whore of. J. Fletcher.
BEWIG v.
To cover (the head) with a wig. Hawthorne.
BEWILDER v.
plain path; to perplex with mazes; or in general, to perplex or confuse greatly. Lost and bewildered in the fruitless search. Addison.
BEWILDERED a.
Greatly perplexed; as, a bewildered mind.
BEWILDEREDNESS n.
The state of being bewildered; bewilderment. [R.]
BEWILDERING a.
Causing bewilderment or great perplexity; as, bewildering difficulties. -- Be*wil"der*ing*ly, adv.
BEWILDERMENT n. 2 definitions
The state of being bewildered.
BEWINTER v.
To make wintry. [Obs.]
BEWIT n.
A double slip of leather by which bells are fastened to a hawk's legs.
BEWITCH v. 2 definitions
charms or incantations; to affect (esp. to injure) by witchcraft or sorcery. See how I am bewitched; behold, mine arm Is like a blasted sapling withered up. Shak.
BEWITCHEDNESS n.
The state of being bewitched. Gauden.
BEWITCHER n.
One who bewitches.
BEWITCHERY n.
The power of bewitching or fascinating; bewitchment; charm; fascination. There is a certain bewitchery or fascination in words. South.
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