- 2. Surround, encompass, environ, encircle, enclose, engird.
Begone, interj.
- 1. Depart, avaunt, go away, haste away, be off, get thee gone.
- 2. Away, let us go, let us be off.
Begrim, v. a. Defile, befoul, besmirch, bedaub, pollute, cover with filth.
Begrudge, v. a. Grudge, envy the possession of.
Beguile, v. a.
- 1. Delude, cheat, deceive. See befool.
- 2. Divert, amuse, entertain, cheer, solace, while away.
Behalf, n. Benefit, advantage, convenience, profit, interest, account, behoof, support, defence.
Be hanged. Come to the gallows.
Behave, v. n. Act, conduct one’s self, deport one’s self, demean one’s self, acquit one’s self, behave one’s self.
Behave one’s self.
- 1. See behave.
- 2. Do right, avoid doing wrong, keep orderly, conduct one’s self well.
Behavior, n. Deportment, bearing, demeanor, carriage, manner, mien, air, port. See conduct.
Behead, v. a. Decapitate, decollate, deprive of the head.
Beheading, n. Decapitation, decollation.
Behest, n. Command, commandment, mandate, order, precept, injunction, direction, charge, bidding, hest.
Behind, prep.
- 1. Abaft, at the back of, in the rear of.
- 2. After, following.