bedraw

== English == === 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”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɪˈdɹɔː/ (General American) IPA(key): /bɪˈdɹɔ/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /bɪˈdɹɑ/ Rhymes: -ɔː === Verb === bedraw (third-person singular simple present bedraws, present participle bedrawing, simple past bedrew, past participle bedrawn) (transitive, rare, dialectal) To draw aside or away. (transitive, rare, dialectal) To draw away; seduce; deceive. === Anagrams === beward, dawber