bedwarf

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verb

To make a dwarf of; to stunt or hinder the growth of; to dwarf.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person bedwarfs · participle present bedwarfing · participle past bedwarfed · past bedwarfed

  1. archaictransitiveTo make a dwarf of; to stunt or hinder the growth of; to dwarf.

    Tis shrinking, not close weaving, that hath thus In mind and body both bedwarfed us.

    a. 1631 (date written), J[ohn] Donne, “(please specify the title)”, in Poems, […] with Elegies on the Authors Death, London: […] M[iles] F[lesher] for Iohn Marriot, […], published 1633, →OCLC

Origin

From be- + dwarf.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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

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