Makes something wet with small drops of water or liquid, like dew settling on grass early in the morning.
From Old English 'be-' (prefix meaning to cover or make) + 'dew' (water droplets). The word evolved from Germanic roots and has been used since medieval times to describe the action of moisture coating surfaces.
This is a poetic verb that Shakespeare and other Renaissance writers loved! It connects to an older way of speaking that valued beautiful descriptions of nature, where 'bedew' sounds much more elegant than simply saying 'wet.'
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