bedreven — meaning in English

English meaning

• able adj Having the power, skill, resources, or opportunity to do something.
• accomplished adj Highly skilled, especially through training or practice.
• cunning adjective Clever in a sly or deceptive way, skilled at getting what you want through trickery.
• happy adj Feeling or showing pleasure or contentment.
• skilled adj Having a high level of ability, especially through training or experience.
• skillful adj Having or showing a high level of ability or expertise.

Senses

bedreven is used for these senses in English:

• able Gifted with skill, intelligence, knowledge, or competence. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]
• cunning (obsolete) Skillful, artful.
• happy (Of acts, speech, etc.) Appropriate, apt, felicitous.
• skillful Possessing skill; skilled.

able — full definition

1. adj Having the power, skill, resources, or opportunity to do something.
2. adj Skilled or competent.

accomplished — full definition

1. adj Highly skilled, especially through training or practice.
2. adj Already completed or achieved.

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