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/bi drag"euhl/, v.t., bedraggled, bedraggling.to make limp and soiled, as with rain or dirt.[1720-30; BE- + DRAGGLE]
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Bedraggle — Be*drag gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bedraggled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bedraggling}.] To draggle; to soil, as garments which, in walking, are suffered to drag in dust, mud, etc. Swift. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bedraggle — 1727, from BE (Cf. be ) + draggle, frequentative of DRAG (Cf. drag) … Etymology dictionary
bedraggle — [bē drag′əl, bidrag′əl] vt. bedraggled, bedraggling to make wet, limp, and dirty, as by dragging through mire bedraggled adj … English World dictionary
bedraggle — transitive verb Date: 1727 to wet thoroughly … New Collegiate Dictionary
bedraggle — verb /bɪˈdɹæɡl̩/ To make something wet and limp … Wiktionary
bedraggle — v. dirty, soil … English contemporary dictionary
bedraggle — v draggle, muddy, begrime, sully, soil, smutch, besmirch; soak, soak through, drench, wet, saturate, besot; muss, mess, mess up, stain, beslobber … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
bedraggle — be·draggle … English syllables
bedraggle — be•drag•gle [[t]bɪˈdræg əl[/t]] v. t. gled, gling. to make limp and soiled, as with rain or dirt • Etymology: 1720–30; be +draggle … From formal English to slang
bedraggle — v.tr. 1 wet (a dress etc.) by trailing it, or so that it hangs limp. 2 (as bedraggled adj.) untidy; dishevelled. Etymology: BE + DRAGGLE … Useful english dictionary
