bedew

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   literary: to wet or cover something with dew or with small drops resembling dew

   Tears bedewed her cheeks as she read the final letter.

From Middle English bidewen or bideawen, formed from the transitive prefix be- + dew. The literal sense 'cover with dew' broadened poetically to sweat, tears, blood, or any fine drops that moisten a surface.

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