Home › Words › B › behuebehuebehue means to endow with hue or colour; to colour; make colourful.EtymologyFrom be- + hue.verbTo endow with hue or colour; to colour; make colourful.e.g.“Splendent of carnal glamour from thy brain Like precious stones behued in tints divine, That hide in dazzling depths a soul long lain, A spirit crystallized, infused, benign!” — 1873, Francis Saltus Saltus, Honey and Gall:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.becolour 69% match — To impart colour to; mark with colour; colour all over. vs behue →hued 69% match — Colored; having a hue. vs behue →behew 64% match — To carve; adorn; embellish. vs behue →colourish 64% match — A substance used in gilding to brighten the finish of the gilded object. vs behue →blee 63% match — Color, hue. vs behue →complexion 63% match — The quality, colour, or appearance of the skin on the face. vs behue →bepurple 63% match — To tinge or dye with a purple color. vs behue →encolour 63% match — To colour. vs behue →