BEFOAM
BEFOAM, verb transitive [be and foam.] To cover with foam. [Little used.]
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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BEFOOL
BEFOOL', verb transitive [be and fool.] To fool; to infatuate; to delude or lead into error.Men befool themselves.
BEFOOLED
BEFOOL'ED, participle passive Fooled; deceived; led into error.
BEFOOLING
BEFOOL'ING, participle present tense Fooling; making a fool of; deceiving; infatuating.
BEFORE
BEFO'RE, preposition [be and fore, that is by fore, near the fore part.]1. In front; on the side with the face, at any distance; used of persons.2. In presence of, with the idea...
BEFORE-TIME
BEFO'RE-TIME, adverb [before and time.] Formerly; of old time. 1 Samuel 9:1. Joshua 20:1.
BEFOREHAND
BEFO'REHAND, adverb [before and hand.] In a state of anticipation or preoccupation; often followed by with; as, you are before hand with me.1. Antecedently; by way of preparatio...
BEFORTUNE
BEFOR'TUNE, verb transitive [be and fortune.] To happen to; to betide.
BEFOUL
BEFOUL', verb transitive To make foul; to soil.
BEFRIEND
BEFRIEND, verb transitive befrend'. [be and friend.] To favor; to act as a friend to; to countenance, aid or benefit.
BEFRIENDED
BEFRIEND'ED, participle passive Favored; countenanced.
BEFRIENDING
BEFRIEND'ING, participle present tense Favoring; assisting as a friend; showing kindness to.
BEFRINGE
BEFRINGE, verb transitive befrinj'. [be and fringe.] To furnish with a fringe; to adorn as with fringe.
BEFRINGED
BEFRING'ED, participle passive Adorned as with a fringe.
BEG
BEG, noun In the Turkish dominions, a governor of a town or country; more particularly, the lord of a sangiac or banner. Every province is divided into seven sangiacs or banners...
BEGET
BEGET', verb transitivepreterit tense begot, begat; participle passive begot, begotten.1. To procreate, as a father or sire; to generate; as, to beget a son.2. To produce, as an...
BEGETTER
BEGET'TER, noun One who begets or procreates; a father.
BEGGABLE
BEG'GABLE, adjective That may be begged.
BEGGAR
BEG'GAR, noun [See Beg.] One that lives by asking alms, or makes it his business to beg for charity.1. One who supplicates with humility; a petitioner; but in this sense rarely ...
BEGGAR-MAID
BEG'GAR-MAID, noun A maid that is a beggar.
BEGGAR-MAN
BEG'GAR-MAN, noun A man that is a beggar.
BEGGAR-WOMAN
BEG'GAR-WOMAN, noun A female beggar.
BEGGARED
BEG'GARED, participle passive Reduced to extreme poverty.
BEGGARING
BEG'GARING, participle present tense Reducing to indigence or a state of beggary.
BEGGARLINESS
BEG'GARLINESS, noun The state of being beggarly; meanness; extreme poverty.
BEGGARLY
BEG'GARLY, adjective Mean; poor; in the condition of a beggar; extremely indigent.BEG'GARLY, adverb Meanly; indigently; despicable.
BEGGARY
BEG'GARY, noun A state of extreme indigence.