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beswathe

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • rhymes with -eɪð
  • /bɪˈsweɪð/

1

verb

Meaning 1

to cover (something) (both literally and figuratively).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Scotland, dated

Examples

  • A truth beswathed by the cover of lies.
  • The night beswathed the sloomy holt with a pall of darkness.
  • He had beswathed his bleeding wound with a tattered piece of cloth.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English *beswathen (“to becover”), from Old English swaþian (“to cover”), equivalent to be- + swathe (“to becover”).