Definition of Bedewing

1. Verb. (present participle of bedew) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bedewing

1. bedew [v] - See also: bedew

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bedewing

bedesman
bedesmen
bedeswoman
bedevil
bedeviled
bedeviling
bedevilled
bedevilling
bedevilment
bedevilments
bedevils
bedew
bedewed
bedewer
bedewers
bedewing (current term)
bedews
bedewy
bedfast
bedfellow
bedfellows
bedform
bedforms
bedframe
bedframes
bedful
bedfuls
bedgown
bedgowns
bedground

Literary usage of Bedewing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Floricultural Cabinet, and Florists Magazine by Joseph Harrison (1854)
"In a recent number of the Revue Horticole, a French publication, M. Delaire protests strongly against bedewing hothouse plants, &c. overhead in the morning, ..."

2. The Theory and Practice of Horticulture: Or, An Attempt to Explain the Chief by John Lindley (1855)
"Dew is not deposited in the morning or at noon ; therefore bedewing at noon or ... bedewing, then, should be effected in the evening, and in such abundance ..."

3. Christian Baptism: An Examination of the Rev. Mr. Fowler's Lectures on the by Asa Bronson (1835)
"He says possibly, but not probably it may mean copiously bedewing, &c. But we want to know not what this word may possibly but not probably mean—but what it ..."

4. A Dictionary of the Holy Bible: Containing an Historical Account of the by James Wood (1813)
"By a double sign of bedewing a fleece of wool, ... and again bedewing the ground, while the fleece was dry ; the Lord condescended to confirm his doubtful ..."

5. The Church Hymnary: A Collection of Hymns and Tunes for Public Worship (1900)
"2 Here we sit, in wonder, viewing Mercy poured in streams of blood ; Precious drops, our souls bedewing, Make and plead our peace with God. ..."

6. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1862)
"growth, but by constant sponging or frequently bedewing, the plants may be very ... My own best success has been in regularly bedewing them every night and ..."

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