beward

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verb

To guard about or completely; protect.

OriginMiddle English *bewarden ← Old English beweardian →
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Meanings

verbbeward (third-person singular simple present bewards, present participle bewarding, simple past and past participle bewarded)

present singular third person bewards · participle present bewarding · participle past bewarded · past bewarded

  1. raretransitiveTo guard about or completely; protect.

    Hrothgar's Thane, and full strongly then set he a-quaking The stark wood in his hands, and in council-speech speer'd he: What men be ye then of them that have war-gear, With byrnies bewarded, who the keel high up-builded Over the Lake-street thus have come leading.

    1895, William Morris, A.J. Wyatt, Beowulf

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
defend

Origin

  1. Old Englishbeweardian“to ward, protect, keep”
  2. Middle English*bewarden
  3. Englishbeward

From Middle English *bewarden, from Old English beweardian (“to ward, protect, keep”), equivalent to be- + ward.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with beward

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Anagrams

bedraw
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APA

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MLA

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

Chicago

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

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