Hypertext Webster Gateway: "benched"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bench \Bench\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Benched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Benching}.]
1. To furnish with benches.
'T was benched with turf. --Dryden.
Stately theaters benched crescentwise. --Tennyson.
2. To place on a bench or seat of honor.
Whom I . . . have benched and reared to worship.
--Shak.
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