bebleed

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verb

To cover or stain with blood; make bloody.

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bebloody
OriginMiddle English bebleden →
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Meanings

verbbebleed (third-person singular simple present bebleeds, present participle bebleeding, simple past and past participle bebled)

present singular third person bebleeds · participle present bebleeding · participle past bebled · past bebled

  1. archaictransitiveTo cover or stain with blood; make bloody.

    And soo they souped lyghtely and wente to bedde with grete ioye and plesaunce / and soo in his ragyng he took no kepe of his grene wound that kynge Marke had gyuen hym / And soo syr Tristram bebled both the ouer shete and the nether & pelowes / and hede shete

    1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter XIV, in Le Morte Darthur, book VIII

    Synonyms: bebloody

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo cover or stain with blood; make bloody.

Similar
bebloody

Origin

  1. Middle Englishbebleden
  2. Englishbebleed

From Middle English bebleden, equivalent to be- + bleed. Cognate with German beblüten.

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APA

bebleed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bebleed

MLA

“bebleed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bebleed. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bebleed,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bebleed.

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