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Webster 1913 Edition


Bedwarf

Be-dwarf′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Bedwarfed
.]
To make a dwarf of; to stunt or hinder the growth of; to dwarf.
Donne.

Webster 1828 Edition


Bedwarf

BEDWARF'

,
Verb.
T.
[be and dwarf.] To make little; to stunt or hinder growth.

Definition 2024


bedwarf

bedwarf

English

Verb

bedwarf (third-person singular simple present bedwarfs, present participle bedwarfing, simple past and past participle bedwarfed)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To make a dwarf of; to stunt or hinder the growth of; to dwarf.
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