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verb · irregular · transitive · rare

bedo

bedo · bedoes · bedid · bedone · bedoing

To shut; make or put toTo shut; make or put to.

/bəˈdu(ː)/

Meaning

3 senses

(obsolete, transitive)To shut; make or put to.
(obsolete, transitive)To befoul; defile with ordure.
(obsolete, transitive)To adorn; ornament; garnish.

Origin

From Middle English bedon, from Old English bedōn (“to shut”), equivalent to be- + do.

From Middle English bedon, from Old English bedōn (“to shut”), equivalent to be- + do.

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Forms

bedoes, bedoing, bedid, bedone

irregular · Lesson

Base form	bedo · to bedo
3rd person singular	bedoes
Present participle	bedoing
Past simple	bedid
Past participle	bedone

Tenses

bedo · bedid · will bedo · have bedone

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	bedo
he, she, it	bedoes

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have bedone
he, she, it	has bedone

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will bedo

Past simpleLesson

all persons

bedid

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

bede bedfellow bedlam bedraggled bedridden bedrock

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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