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Word of the Day for Tuesday, March 29, 2011bedaub \bih-DOB\, transitive verb: 1. To smudge over; to besmear or soil with anything thick and dirty. The patient's signature is less neat than usual, not only because of his agitated state but also, quite possibly, because the pen is so bedaubed with chocolate that it slips through his fingers. Only their wagon keeps on rolling, empty, bedaubed with tears, under our windows. Bedaub is from be-, "thoroughly" + daub, from Medieval French dauber, "to plaster," perhaps from Old French dauber, "to clothe in white, white-wash, plaster," from Latin dealbare, "to whitewash, to plaster," from de- (intensive prefix) + albus, "white." | |||||||||
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  What words will be changed in two new editions of the Bible?Transcribing the text of the Bible has been an ongoing and often controversial process ever since the Greeks translated ancient Hebrew manuscripts around the 3rd century BC. The revised New International Version (NIV) and The New American Bible, respectively, will include gender-neutral language and substitute words that the editors claim will reflect a modern understanding... | |||||||||
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