Be*gir"dle (&?;), v. t. To surround as with a girdle.
Be*girt" (&?;), v. t. To encompass; to begird. Milton.
||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.
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.
Be*god" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Begodded.] To exalt to the dignity of a god; to deify. [Obs.] "Begodded saints." South.
Be*gone" (&?;), interj. [Be, v. i. + gone, p. p.] Go away; depart; get you gone.
Be*gone", p. p. [OE. begon, AS. bign; pref. be- + gn to go.] Surrounded; furnished; beset; environed (as in woe- begone). [Obs.] Gower. Chaucer.
Be*go"ni*a (b*g"n*), 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.
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Be*gore" (b*gr"), v. t. To besmear with gore.
Be*got" (b*gt"), imp. & p. p. of Beget.
Be*got"ten (&?;), p. p. of Beget.
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.
Be*grease" (&?;), v. t. To soil or daub with grease or other oily matter.
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.
Be*grim"er (&?;), n. One who, or that which, begrimes.
Be*grudge" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Begrudged (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Begrudging.] To grudge; to envy the possession of.
Be*guile" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beguiled (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Beguiling.] 1. To delude by guile, artifice, or craft; to deceive or impose on, as by a false statement; to lure.
The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
Gen. iii. 13.