Dictionary: BE-GLOOM' – BE-HAVE'

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BE-GLOOM', v.t.

To make gloomy; to darken. Badcock.

BE-GNAW', v.t. [benaw'; Sax. begnagan; be and gnaw.]

To bite or gnaw; to eat away; to corrode; to nibble. Shak.

BE-GOD', v.t.

To deify.

BE-GONE', v.i.

Go away; depart. These two words have been improperly united. Be retains the sense of a verb, and gone, that of a participle.

BE-GOR'ED, a. [be and gore.]

Besmeared with gore. Spenser.

BE-GOT', or BE-GOT'TEN, pp. [of get.]

Procreated; generated.

BE-GRAVE', v.t.

  1. To deposit in the grave; to bury. [No used.]
  2. To engrave. [Not used.] Gower.

BE-GREASE', v.t. [s as z. be and grease.]

To soil or daub with grease; or other oily matter.

BE-GRIME', v.t. [be and grime.]

To soil with dirt deep impressed, so that the natural hue cannot easily be recovered. Shak.

BE-GRIM'ED, pp.

Deeply soiled.

BE-GRUDGE', v.t. [begrudj'; See Grudge.]

To grudge; to envy the possession of.

BE-GRUDG'ED, pp.

Having excited envy.

BE-GRUDG'ING, ppr.

Envying the possession of.

BE-GUILE', v.t. [begi'le; be and guile.]

  1. To delude; to deceive; to impose on by artifice or craft. The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. Gen. iii.
  2. To elude by craft. When misery could beguile the tyrant's rage. Shak.
  3. To elude any thing disagreeable by amusement, or other means; to pass pleasingly; to amuse; as, to beguile the tedious day with sleep. Shak.

BE-GUIL'ED, pp.

Deluded; imposed on; misled by craft; eluded by stratagem; passed pleasingly.

BE-GUILE'MENT, n.

Act of beguiling or deceiving.

BE-GUIL'ER, n.

He or that which beguiles or deceives.

BE-GUIL'ING, ppr.

Deluding; deceiving by craft; eluding by artifice; amusing.

BE-GUIL'ING-LY, adv.

In a manner to deceive.

BE-GUIL'TY, v.t.

To render guilty. [A barbarous word.] Sanderson.

BE'GUIN, n.

The Beguins are a congregation of nuns in Flanders, so called from their founder, or from their head-dress. Beguin, in French, is a linen cap. From this order sprung the Beguinages in Flanders. Encyc. Mason. BE'GUM or BE'GAUM, n. In the East Indies, a princess or lady of high rank. Malcom.

BE-GUN', pp. [of begin.]

Commenced; originated.

BE-HALF', n. [behàf; This word is probably a corruption. If composed of be and half, it is a word of modern origin; but I take it to be the Sax. behefe, profit, need, or convenience; G. behuf; D. behoef; necessaries, business; behoeve, behalf; Sw. behof; Dan. behov, need, necessity, sufficiency, or what is required, sustenance or support; from the verb behoove, behofwa, behöver, to need. The spelling is therefore corrupt; it should be behof or behoof. See Behoof.]

  1. Favor; advantage; convenience; profit; support; defense; vindication: as, the advocate pleads in behalf of the prisoner; the patriot suffers in behalf of his country.
  2. Part; side; noting substitution, or the act of taking the part of another; as, the agent appeared in behalf of his constituents, and entered a claim.

BE-HAP'PEN, v.i. [be and happen.]

To happen to. Spenser.

BE-HAVE', v.i.

To act; to conduct; generally applied to manners, or to conduct in any particular business; and in a good or bad sense. He behaves well or ill.