Webster's Dictionary 1913

1567

Begotten

Be‐got″ten (�), p. p. of Beget.

1568

Begrave

Be‐grave″ (�), v. t. [Pref. be- + grave; akin to G. begraben, Goth. bigraban to dig a ditch around.] To bury; also, to engrave. Gower.

1569

Begrease

Be‐grease″ (�), v. t. To soil or daub with grease or other oily matter.

1570

Begrime

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 dus...

1571

Begrimer

Be‐grim″er (�), n. One who, or that which, begrimes.

1572

Begrudge

Be‐grudge″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Begrudged (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Begrudging.] To grudge; to envy the possession of.

1573

Beguile

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.T...

1574

Beguilement

Be‐guile″ment (�), n. The act of beguiling, or the state of being beguiled.

1575

Beguiler

Be‐guil″er (�), n. One who, or that which, beguiles.

1576

Beguiling

Be‐guil″ing, a. Alluring by guile; deluding; misleading; diverting. — Be‐guil″ing‐ly, adv.

1577

Beguin

‖Be′guin″ (�), n. See Beghard.

1578

Beguinage

‖Be′gui′nage″ (�), n. A collection of small houses surrounded by a wall and occupied by a community of Beguines.

1579

Beguine

‖Be′guine″ (�), n. [F. béguine; LL. beguina, beghina; fr. Lambert le Bègue (the Stammerer) the founder of the order. (Du Cange.)] A woman belonging to one of the religious and c...

1580

Begum

‖Be″gum (�), n. [Per., fr. Turk., perh. properly queen mother, fr. Turk. beg (see Beg, n.) + Ar. umm mother.] In the East Indies, a princess or lady of high rank. Malcom.

1581

Begun

Be‐gun″ (�), p. p. of Begin.

1582

Behalf

Be‐half″ (�), n. [OE. on-behalve in the name of, bihalven by the side of, fr. AS. healf half, also side, part: akin to G. halb half, halber on account of. See Be-, and Half, n.]...

1583

Behappen

Be‐hap″pen (�), v. t. To happen to.

1584

Behave

Be‐have″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Behaved (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Behaving.] [AS. behabban to surround, restrain, detain (akin to G. gehaben (obs.) to have, sich gehaben to behave or...

1585

Behave (2)

Be‐have″, v. i. To act; to conduct; to bear or carry one's self; as, to behave well or ill.☞ This verb is often used colloquially without an adverb of manner; as, if he does not...

1586

Behavior

Be‐hav″ior (�), n. Manner of behaving, whether good or bad; mode of conducting one's self; conduct; deportment; carriage; — used also of inanimate objects; as, the behavior of a...

1587

Behead

Be‐head″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Beheaded; p. pr. & vb. n.Beheading.] [OE. bihefden, AS. beheáfdian; pref. be- + heáfod head. See Head.] To sever the head from; to take off the ...

1588

Beheadal

Be‐head″al (�), n. Beheading.

1589

Beheld

Be‐held″ (�), imp. & p. p. of Behold.

1590

Behemoth

Be″he‐moth (�), n. [Heb. behemōth, fr. Egyptian P-ehe-maut hippopotamus.] An animal, probably the hippopotamus, described in Job xl. 15-24.

1591

Behen

{ Be″hen (�), Behn } (�), n. [Per. & Ar. bahman, behmen, an herb, whose leaves resemble ears of corn, saffron.] (Bot.) (a) The Centaurea behen, or saw-leaved centaury. (b) The C...

1592

Behest

Be‐hest″ (�), n. [OE. biheste promise, command, AS. behǣs promise; pref. be- + hǣs command. See Hest, Hight.] 1. That which is willed or ordered; a command; a mandate; an injunc...

1593

Behest (2)

Be‐hest″, v. t. To vow. Paston.