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bedewed

Verb
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

A poetic verb meaning wet or sprinkled with dew, often evoking fresh morning landscapes, glistening foliage, or quiet tearfulness.

Detailed Definition
Bedewed is a poetic, somewhat old-fashioned word meaning sprinkled or covered with dew. It helps create the fresh, early-morning feel of the garden in the poem.
Example
Example in poetry:
“Pied with all flowers bedewed and green,” where bedewed means moistened with dew; Shakespeare’s “the flowers are sweetly bedew’d” uses dawn moisture to freshen a scene; “bedewed grass caught morning’s first light” shows the participle functioning adjectivally; a contemporary image might be “bedewed pavements mirrored the neon rain”
Additional Notes
"Bedewed" is a literary verb form that many readers would not use in modern speech and may need to look up.; Found in the poem, Shut Out by Christina Rossetti
Also Known As
dewy moist glistening fresh
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