transitive verb
Origin: ME bihevden < OE beheafdian < be, be- + heafod, head
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transitive verb be·head·ed, be·head·ing, be·heads
Origin:
Origin: Middle English biheden
Origin: , from Old English behēafdian
Origin: : be-, away from; see be-
Origin: + hēafod, head; see head
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