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verb · transitive

bedumb

bedumb · bedumbs · bedumbed · bedumbing

To make or render dumb, or muteTo make or render dumb, or mute.

Meaning

1 senses

To make or render dumb, or mute.

Origin

From be- + dumb. Compare Middle English adumbien, from Old English ādumbian (“to become mu

From be- + dumb. Compare Middle English adumbien, from Old English ādumbian (“to become mute or dumb, keep silence, hold one’s peace”).

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Forms

bedumbs, bedumbing, bedumbed, bedumbed

Base form	bedumb · to bedumb
3rd person singular	bedumbs
Present participle	bedumbing
Past simple	bedumbed
Past participle	bedumbed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	bedumb
he, she, it	bedumbs

Past simpleLesson

all persons

bedumbed

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will bedumb

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

bedsideB1 bedsit bedspread bedtime beeA1 beech beefA1

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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