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Definition: BESTREWING

Part of Speech Definition
Verb 1. Seldom used present participle conjugation of the verb bestrew.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(bestrew)
1. Cover by strewing.[Wordnet].
2. To strew or scatter over; to besprinkle.[Websters].
3. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: bestrewing, bestrewed, bestrews, bestrewer, bestrewers, bestrewingly and bestrewedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008.

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Date "Bestrewing" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1892. (references)

Definition: BESTREWING

Part of SpeechDefinition
Verb1. Seldom used present participle conjugation of the verb bestrew.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(bestrew)
1. Cover by strewing.[Wordnet].
2. To strew or scatter over; to besprinkle.[Websters].
3. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: bestrewing, bestrewed, bestrews, bestrewer, bestrewers, bestrewingly and bestrewedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008.

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Date "BESTREWING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1892. (references)

Specialty Definition: bestrew

DomainDefinition
Noah Webster [Verb] pret. bestrewed; pp. bestrewed, bestrown. To scatter over; to besprinkle; to strow.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary1: [Verb] To cover with straw or strewing. (references)
 2: [Verb] To strew over or about. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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