Bedaubs

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  • verb. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedaub.
  • Word Usage
    "The public is astonished into liberality — the scullion eats from those trenchers he scoured before — the footman is admitted into the coach behind which he was wont to stand — and the bricklayer, instead of plastering walls, bedaubs his illustrious partner with the mortar of his praise."
    verb-stem
    bedaub