bejewel

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verb

To decorate or bedeck with jewels or gems.

Similar
jewel
OriginEnglish jewel ← Middle English bi- ← Old English be- →
Scrabble 19
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Meanings

verbbejewel (third-person singular simple present bejewels, present participle (US) bejeweling or (UK) bejewelling, simple past and past participle (US) bejeweled or (UK) bejewelled)

present singular third person bejewels · US participle present bejeweling · UK participle present bejewelling · US participle past bejeweled · US past bejeweled · UK participle past bejewelled · UK past bejewelled

  1. To decorate or bedeck with jewels or gems.

    They bejewel each other beautifully to promote their evil cause.

    2017, Rebecca Wagner Oettinger, Music as Propaganda in the German Reformation
    1 more example

    Men should remove any earrings. Hands are the only areas where rings of any sort should appear. Ditch any eyebrow, lip, or nose rings until after work. Also, do not use this occasion to bejewel yourself in all your finery.

    2002, Cassandra Hayes, Black Enterprise Guide to Building Your Career

Synonyms & antonyms

verbadorn or decorate with precious stones

Similar
jewel
Broader
decorateadorngrace
Also see
besetjewel

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ep-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éps
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₁épi
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁pi
  5. Proto-Germanic*bi
  6. Proto-Germanic*bi-
  7. Proto-West Germanic*bi-
  8. Old Englishbe-
  9. Middle Englishbi-
  10. Englishbe-
  11. Englishjewel
  12. Englishbejewel

From be- (“on, about, all over”) + jewel.

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Translations

Czech osázet drahokamy
  • osázet drahokamydecorate with jewels
German mit Schmuck behängen, verzieren
  • mit Schmuck behängendecorate with jewels
  • verzierendecorate with jewels
Italian ingioiellare
  • ingioiellaredecorate with jewels
Spanish alhajar, enjoyar
  • alhajardecorate with jewels
  • enjoyardecorate with jewels
Cite this entry
APA

bejewel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bejewel

MLA

“bejewel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bejewel. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bejewel,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bejewel.

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