Associations to the word «Bede»

Wiktionary

BEDE, noun. Prayer, request, supplication
BEDE, noun. Order, command
BEDE, noun. Rosary
BEDE, verb. Pray, offer, proffer
BEDE, verb. Request, demand, order, command, forbid
BEDE, verb. Proclaim, declare
BEDE, verb. Present, counsel, advise, rede, exhort
BEDE, noun. (mining) A kind of pickaxe.

Dictionary definition

BEDE, noun. (Roman Catholic Church) English monk and scholar (672-735).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats