bedaw

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To awake.

Word forms

bedaw bedaws bedawing bedawed

Etymology

From Middle English bedauen, bedaghen (“to become day, dawn”); equivalent to be- + daw (“to dawn, to awake”). More at daw.

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