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bewatch

verb

Etymology

From be- (“about, over”) + watch. Compare bewake.

  1. inherited from *wakjaną✻
  2. inherited from *wakkjan✻
  3. inherited from wæċċan
  4. inherited from wacchen
  5. prefixed as bewatch — “be + watch”

Definitions

  1. To keep watch over

    To keep watch over; guard; observe.

    • Discoursing how they pretended to bewatch and drowne his Maiestie in the Sea comming from Den- marke, with such other wouderfull matters as the like hath not been heard of at any time.
    • In hope's corner, on her eyebrow, Lo! the eye of quest (like those Who bewatch the new moon's coming In the Fasting-tide) we've laid.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA