bejewel

American

[bih-joo-uhl] / bɪˈdʒu əl /

verb (used with object)

bejeweled, bejeweling, bejewelled, bejewelling

to adorn with or as if with jewels.

bejewel British

/ bɪˈdʒuːəl /

verb

(tr) to decorate with or as if with jewels

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Etymology

Origin of bejewel

First recorded in 1550–60; be- + jewel

Example Sentences

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The first, which he began making in the early 1960s, were mysterious, sinisterly bejeweled boxes, little containers of compressed surrealism festooned with hundreds of shiny straight pins.

From The Wall Street Journal

A palette of pastel mint green and baby pink was showcased, with bejewelled satin trouser suits and sparkling evening gowns.

From BBC

Designed by luxury watchmaker Jacob & Co, the bejewelled timepiece has sculpted figures of a lion and a Bengal tiger placed around Anant's statue seated on a chair.

From BBC

I look up and Cora Phillips is hovering near me, twisting the toes of her bejeweled sneakers in the dust.

From Literature

Carr emerged at breakfast looking like a 1950s US chat show host in a checked maroon suit, before changing into a bejewelled white suit.

From BBC

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