1. A company; an assembly or collection of persons, especially of ladies.
What a bevy of beaten slaves have we here !
Beau. & Fl.
2. A flock of birds, especially quails or larks; also, a herd of roes.
Bewail
(Be*wail") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bewailed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Bewailing.] To express deep sorrow
for, as by wailing; to lament; to wail over.
Hath widowed and unchilded many a one,
Which to this hour bewail the injury.
Shak.
Syn. — To bemoan; grieve. — See Deplore.
Bewail
(Be*wail"), v. i. To express grief; to lament. Shak.
Bewailable
(Be*wail"a*ble) a. Such as may, or ought to, be bewailed; lamentable.
Bewailer
(Be*wail"er) n. One who bewails or laments.
Bewailing
(Be*wail"ing), a. Wailing over; lamenting. — Be*wail"ing*ly, adv.
Bewailment
(Be*wail"ment) n. The act of bewailing.
Bewake
(Be*wake") v. t. & i. To keep watch over; to keep awake. [Obs.] Gower.
Beware
(Be*ware") v. i. [Be, imperative of verb to be + ware. See Ware, Wary.]
1. To be on one's guard; to be cautious; to take care; — commonly followed by of or lest before the
thing that is to be avoided.
Beware of all, but most beware of man !
Pope.
Beware the awful avalanche.
Longfellow.
2. To have a special regard; to heed. [Obs.]
Behold, I send an Angel before thee. . . . Beware of him, and obey his voice.
Ex. xxiii. 20, 21.
This word is a compound from be and the Old English ware, now wary, which is an adjective. "Be ye
war of false prophetis." Wyclif, Matt. vii. 15. It is used commonly in the imperative and infinitive modes,
and with such auxiliaries (shall, should, must, etc.) as go with the infinitive.
Beware
(Be*ware") v. t. To avoid; to take care of; to have a care for. [Obs.] "Priest, beware your beard."
Shak.
To wish them beware the son.
Milton.
Bewash
(Be*wash") v. t. To drench or souse with water. "Let the maids bewash the men." Herrick.
Beweep
(Be*weep") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bewept ; p. pr. & vb. n. Beweeping.] [AS. bewpan; pref.
be- + weep.] To weep over; to deplore; to bedew with tears. "His timeless death beweeping." Drayton.
Beweep
(Be*weep"), v. i. To weep. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Bewet
(Be*wet") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bewet, Bewetted.] To wet or moisten. Gay.
Bewhore
(Be*whore") v. t.
