bebathe

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/bɪˈbeɪð/

verb

To bathe all over; bathe completely; suffuse.

OriginMiddle English *bebathen ← Old English bebaþian →
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Meanings

verbbebathe (third-person singular simple present bebathes, present participle bebathing, simple past and past participle bebathed)

present singular third person bebathes · participle present bebathing · participle past bebathed · past bebathed

  1. archaicobsoletetransitiveTo bathe all over; bathe completely; suffuse.

    […] and everyone with a dagger in their hand, (which dagger they call a creese, and is as sharp as a razor) stab themselves to the heart, and with their hands all do bebathe themselves in their own blood, and falling grovelling on their faces so end their days.

    1880, Richard Hakluyt, Edward John Payne, Voyages of the Elizabethan Seamen to America

Origin

  1. Old Englishbebaþian
  2. Middle English*bebathen
  3. Englishbebathe

From Middle English *bebathen (attested as bebathed), from Old English bebaþian, bibaþian (“to bathe, wash”), equivalent to be- (“all over, completely”) + bathe.

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APA

bebathe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bebathe

MLA

“bebathe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bebathe. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bebathe,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bebathe.

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