- bedabble
- transitive verb Date: 1590 archaic to wet or soil by dabbling
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bedabble
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Bedabble — Be*dab*ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bedabbled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bedabbling}.] To dabble; to sprinkle or wet. Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bedabble — /bi dab euhl/, v.t., bedabbled, bedabbling. to spatter or soil all over: clothes bedabbled with paint. [1580 90; BE + DABBLE] * * * … Universalium
bedabble — verb To make something wet by sprinkling or spattering water, paint, or other liquid on it. Bedabbled with the dew, and torn with briers; I can no further crawl, no further go … Wiktionary
bedabble — v. to soil and splatter … English contemporary dictionary
bedabble — [bɪ dab(ə)l] verb archaic stain or splash with dirty liquid or blood … English new terms dictionary
bedabble — be·dabble … English syllables
bedabble — v.tr. stain or splash with dirty liquid, blood, etc … Useful english dictionary
Bedabbled — Bedabble Be*dab*ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bedabbled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bedabbling}.] To dabble; to sprinkle or wet. Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bedabbling — Bedabble Be*dab*ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bedabbled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bedabbling}.] To dabble; to sprinkle or wet. Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bespatter — Synonyms and related words: asperge, asperse, attaint, bedabble, bedew, befoul, besmirch, bespot, besprinkle, blacken, blot, blow upon, brand, call names, censure, dabble, damp, dampen, dash, defame, defile, denigrate, dew, disapprove, disparage … Moby Thesaurus
