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Definition of Bedabble
1. v. t. To dabble; to sprinkle or wet.
Definition of Bedabble
1. Verb. To dabble about or all over with moisture; make something wet by sprinkling or spattering water, paint, or other liquid on it. ¹
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Definition of Bedabble
1. to soil [v -BLED, -BLING, -BLES] - See also: soil
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bedabble
Literary usage of Bedabble
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Odyssey of Homer by Homer (1909)
"Take heed lest a better man than Irus rise up presently against thee, to lay his
mighty hands about thy head and bedabble thee with blood, and send thee ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1892)
"... g§t great, goit (ME. gote) water channel, mit to meet, out holt, slät to
bedabble, suit soot. bit bit, fat fat, it it, kot staples of wool tightly ..."
3. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1909)
"... presently against thee, to lay his mighty hands about thy head and bedabble
thee with blood, and send thee hence from the house. ..."
4. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... bedabble, draggle, soak, saturate, moisten, irrigate, em- bathe (poetic),
drown, bucket, buck (rare), blubber, beweep (rare), ..."
5. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"To BED, (bed) vo To place in bed ; to make partaker of the bed ; to sow or plant
in earth ; to lay in order ; to stratify. To bedabble, (be-dab'-bl) ». a. ..."
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