Meanings verb behue (third-person singular simple present behues, present participle behuing, simple past and past participle behued)
present singular third person behues · participle present behuing · participle past behued · past behued
transitive To endow with hue or colour ; to colour ; make colourful . Splendent of carnal glamour from thy brain Like precious stones behued in tints divine, That hide in dazzling depths a soul long lain, A spirit crystallized, infused, benign!
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