v. [OE. bedyppan, f. BE- + dyppan to DIP. Obs. after 12th c., but formed anew c. 1600.] trans. To dip, immerse, treat to a dipping.
c. 1000. Ælfric, Gen. xxxvii. 31. Hiʓ … bedypton his tunecan on ðam blode.
c. 1000. Ags. Gosp., Matt. xxvi. 23. Se þe bedypð [c. 1160 Hatton bedepð] on disce mid me his hand.
1598. Sylvester, Du Bartas (1608), 993. Her … hands in snow bedipt.
1820. Combe (Dr. Syntax), Consol., II. (D.). The warrior’s spear bedipp’d in blood.
a. 1845. Hood, Storm Hastings, i. Crowds of idlers willing or unwilling to be bedipped.
