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bedeal

bedeal

English

Verb

bedeal ‎(third-person singular simple present bedeals, present participle bedealing, simple past and past participle bedealt)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To deprive (of).

Etymology

From Middle English bedelen, bidelen, bidælen, equivalent to be- ‎(“off, away”) +‎ deal. Cognate with Old Saxon bedēlian ‎(“to deprive”), Gothic piteilan ‎(“to deprive”).

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