beward

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To guard about or completely; protect.

Word forms

beward bewards bewarding bewarded

Etymology

From Middle English *bewarden, from Old English beweardian (“to ward, protect, keep”), equivalent to be- + ward.

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