Meaning

1 senses

  1. (obsolete)To carve; adorn; embellish.

Origin

From Middle English behewen, from Old English behēawan (“to cut, chip, chop, beat, cut off

From Middle English behewen, from Old English behēawan (“to cut, chip, chop, beat, cut off from, deprive of”), equivalent to be- + hew.

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Forms

behews, behewing, behewed, behewn
Base formbehew · to behew
3rd person singularbehews
Present participlebehewing
Past simplebehewed
Past participlebehewn

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybehew
he, she, itbehews

Past simpleLesson

all personsbehewed

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill behew

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
beheadbehemothbehestC2behindA1
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