Syn. — Inception; prelude; opening; threshold; origin; outset; foundation.
Begird
(Be*gird") v. t. [imp. Begirt Begirded; p. p. Begirt; p. pr. & vb. n. Begirding.] [AS. begyrdan
(akin to Goth. bigairdan); pref. be- + gyrdan to gird.]
1. To bind with a band or girdle; to gird.
2. To surround as with a band; to encompass.
Begirdle
(Be*gir"dle) v. t. To surround as with a girdle.
Begirt
(Be*girt") v. t. To encompass; to begird. Milton.
Beglerbeg
(||Beg"ler*beg`) n. [Turk. beglerbeg, fr. beg, pl. begler. See Beg, n.] The governor of
a province of the Ottoman empire, next in dignity to the grand vizier.
Begnaw
(Be*gnaw") v. t. [p. p. Begnawed (R.) Begnawn ] [AS. begnagan; pref. be- + gnagan to
gnaw.] To gnaw; to eat away; to corrode.
The worm of conscience still begnaw thy soul.
Shak.
Begod
(Be*god") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Begodded.] To exalt to the dignity of a god; to deify. [Obs.] "Begodded
saints." South.
Begone
(Be*gone") interj. [Be, v. i. + gone, p. p.] Go away; depart; get you gone.
Begone
(Be*gone"), p. p. [OE. begon, AS. bigan; pref. be- + gan to go.] Surrounded; furnished; beset; environed
(as in woe- begone). [Obs.] Gower. Chaucer.
Begonia
(Be*go"ni*a) n. [From Michel Begon, a promoter of botany.] (Bot.) A genus of plants, mostly
of tropical America, many species of which are grown as ornamental plants. The leaves are curiously
one-sided, and often exhibit brilliant colors.
Begore
(Be*gore") v. t. To besmear with gore.
Begot
(Be*got") imp. & p. p. of Beget.
Begotten
(Be*got"ten) p. p. of Beget.
Begrave
(Be*grave") v. t. [Pref. be- + grave; akin to G. begraben, Goth. bigraban to dig a ditch
around.] To bury; also, to engrave. [Obs.] Gower.
Begrease
(Be*grease") v. t. To soil or daub with grease or other oily matter.
Begrime
(Be*grime") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Begrimed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Begriming.] To soil with grime
or dirt deeply impressed or rubbed in.
Books falling to pieces and begrimed with dust.
Macaulay.
Begrimer
(Be*grim"er) n. One who, or that which, begrimes.
Begrudge
(Be*grudge") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Begrudged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Begrudging.] To grudge; to
envy the possession of.
Beguile
(Be*guile") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beguiled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Beguiling.]
