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bedraw

Pronunciation: /bɪˈdɹɔː/

The English word “bedraw” has 2 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To draw aside or away.
  2. To draw away; seduce; deceive.

Etymology

From Middle English bedrawen, from Old English bedragan (“to draw aside, seduce”), from Proto-West Germanic *bidragan, equivalent to be- + draw. Cognate with Scots bedraw, bydraw (“to draw aside, supersede”), Dutch bedragen (“to total, amount to”), German betragen (“to amount to”).

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