bedoven

== English == === Alternative forms === bedove === Etymology === From Middle English bedoven, from Old English bedofen, past particle of Old English bedūfan (“to bedive, to put under, immerse, submerge, drown”), equivalent to be- +‎ dive. Cognate with Middle Low German bedöven (“immersed”). === Adjective === bedoven (not comparable) (obsolete) drenched. Life of Saint Christina Mirabilis of Saint Trudons Alle hir body […] semyd be dowen in blood. [All her body seemed bedoven in blood.] A Scotch Winter Evening in 1512 The wind made wave the red weed on the dike. Bedoven in dank deep was every sike. (obsolete) drowned. == Dutch == === Etymology === Past participle of obsolete beduiven. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bəˈdoː.və(n)/ Hyphenation: be‧do‧ven Rhymes: -oːvən === Adjective === bedoven (not comparable) (archaic, dialectal) submerged, under water (sometimes also used of other fluids) (obsolete) immersed ==== Declension ====