Be"ing, adv. Since; inasmuch as. [Obs. or Colloq.]

And being you have

Declined his means, you have increased his malice.

Beau. & Fl.

Be*jade" (&?;), v. t. To jade or tire. [Obs.] Milton.

Be*jape" (&?;), v. t. To jape; to laugh at; to deceive. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Be*jaun"dice (&?;), v. t. To infect with jaundice.

Be*jew"el (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bejeweled or Bejewelled (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Bejeweling or Bejewelling.] To ornament with a jewel or with jewels; to spangle. "Bejeweled hands." Thackeray.

Be*jum"ble (&?;), v. t. To jumble together.

||Be"kah (&?;), n. [Heb.] Half a shekel.

Be*knave" (&?;), v. t. To call knave. [Obs.] Pope.

Be*know" (&?;), v. t. To confess; to acknowledge. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Bel (bl), n. The Babylonian name of the god known among the Hebrews as Baal. See Baal. Baruch vi. 41.

Be*la"bor (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Belabored (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Belaboring.] 1. To ply diligently; to work carefully upon. "If the earth is belabored with culture, it yieldeth corn." Barrow.

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