bemedal

B3E1M3E1D2A1L1

verb

To award a medal to; to adorn with a medal.

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Meanings

verbbemedal (third-person singular simple present bemedals, present participle (US) bemedaling or (UK) bemedalling, simple past and past participle (US) bemedaled or (UK) bemedalled)

present singular third person bemedals · US participle present bemedaling · UK participle present bemedalling · US participle past bemedaled · US past bemedaled · UK participle past bemedalled · UK past bemedalled

  1. transitiveTo award a medal to; to adorn with a medal.

    They had come, by Himmler's order, to bemedal the camp commandant of Terezin, which had played its special role so splendidly in achieving the final solution of the Jewish problem.

    1998, Aaron Kramer, Saul Lishinsky, The Last Lullaby: Poetry from the Holocaust, page 7

Origin

From be- + medal.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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