bedead, v. ? Obs.
(bɪˈdɛd)
[f. be- 2 + dead v.]
trans. To deaden. Only found in pples. beˈdeaded, deadened; beˈdeading, deadening.
| 1656 H. More Enthus. Tri. §28. 27 His body so deeply overwhelmed and bedeaded with sleep. ― Antid. Ath. iii. xvi. (1712) 141 A dark bedeading Melancholy. 1681 H. Hallywell Melampr. (T.) Bedeaded and stupified as to their morals. 1736 in Bailey; and in mod. Dicts. |