beshadow

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verb

To cast a shadow around, about, or over; overshadow.

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beshade
OriginMiddle English bischadewen ← Old English besċeaduwian →
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Meanings

verbbeshadow (third-person singular simple present beshadows, present participle beshadowing, simple past and past participle beshadowed)

present singular third person beshadows · participle present beshadowing · participle past beshadowed · past beshadowed

  1. transitiveTo cast a shadow around, about, or over; overshadow.

    Synonyms: beshade

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo cast a shadow around, about, or over; overshadow.

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beshade
Also see
beshadeblot

Origin

  1. Old Englishbesċeaduwian
  2. Middle Englishbischadewen
  3. Englishbeshadow

From Middle English bischadewen, bischadwen (also beschaden, bescheaden), from Old English besċeaduwian, besċeadan (“to overshadow”), equivalent to be- + shadow. Cognate with Dutch beschaduwen (“to shade, adumbrate, shadow”), German beschatten (“to shade, shadow, overshadow”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

beshadow. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beshadow

MLA

“beshadow.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beshadow. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beshadow,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beshadow.

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