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bedotten.

to mislead, to trick

8 characters3 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

verb/bəˈdɔtə(n)/
  1. to mislead, to trick

    transitive
  2. to cheat, to scam

    transitive
Where this word comes from

A merger of two earlier verbs: * bedodden (“deceive”), from Middle Dutch dodden, from Proto-West Germanic *dudiʀōn or *dudirōn, frequentative form derived from Proto-Germanic *dud- (“to move, be moved”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰew- (“to move, advance, move away, pass away”). * bedotten (“confuse”), from Middle Dutch dotten, dutten.

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