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Webster 1913 Edition

Bebloody

{

Be-blood′

,

Be-blood′y

}
,
Verb.
T.
To make bloody; to stain with blood.
[Obs.]
Sheldon.

Definition 2024

bebloody

bebloody

English

Verb

bebloody ‎(third-person singular simple present bebloodies, present participle bebloodying, simple past and past participle bebloodied)

  1. (transitive, archaic) To make bloody.

Etymology

From Middle English biblodegien, alteration of *ȝeblodegien ‎(“to make bloody”), from Old English ġeblōdgian, blōdgian ‎(“to be bloodthirsty, make bloody, cover with blood”), equivalent to be- +‎ bloody. Compare bebleed.

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