Meaning

1 senses
  1. (archaic)To awake.

Origin

From Middle English bedauen, bedaghen (“to become day, dawn”); equivalent to be- + daw (“t

From Middle English bedauen, bedaghen (“to become day, dawn”); equivalent to be- + daw (“to dawn, to awake”). More at daw.

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Forms

bedaws, bedawing, bedawed, bedawed
Base formbedaw · to bedaw
3rd person singularbedaws
Present participlebedawing
Past simplebedawed
Past participlebedawed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybedaw
he, she, itbedaws

Past simpleLesson

all personsbedawed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave bedawed
he, she, ithas bedawed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bedaw

Word family

1 related words
Relatedadaw

See also

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