Webster's Dictionary 1913

1513

Beflower

Be‐flow″er (�), v. t. To besprinkle or scatter over with, or as with, flowers. Hobbes.

1514

Befog

Be‐fog″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Befogged (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Befogging (�).] 1. To involve in a fog; — mostly as a participle or part. adj.2. Hence: To confuse; to mystify.

1515

Befool

Be‐fool″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Befooled (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Befooling.] [OE. befolen; pref. be- + fol fool.] 1. To fool; to delude or lead into error; to infatuate; to deceive...

1516

Before

Be‐fore″ (�), prep. [OE. beforen, biforen, before, AS. beforan; pref. be- + foran, fore, before. See Be-, and Fore.] 1. In front of; preceding in space; ahead of; as, to stand b...

1517

Before (2)

Be‐fore″, adv. 1. On the fore part; in front, or in the direction of the front; — opposed to in the rear.The battle was before and behind.2 Chron. xiii. 14.2. In advance. “I com...

1518

Beforehand

Be‐fore″hand′ (�), adv. [Before + hand.] 1. In a state of anticipation ore preoccupation; in advance; — often followed by with.Agricola... resolves to be beforehand with the dan...

1519

Beforehand (2)

Be‐fore″hand′, a. In comfortable circumstances as regards property; forehanded.Rich and much beforehand.Bacon.

1520

Beforetime

Be‐fore″time′ (�), adv. Formerly; aforetime.dwelt in their tents, as beforetime.2 Kings xiii. 5.

1521

Befortune

Be‐for″tune (�), v. t. To befall.I wish all good befortune you.Shak.

1522

Befoul

Be‐foul″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Befouled (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Befouling.] [Cf. AS. bef�lan; pref. be- + f�lan to foul. See Foul, a.] 1. To make foul; to soil.2. To entangle or r...

1523

Befriend

Be‐friend″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Befriended; p. pr. & vb. n.Befriending.] To act as a friend to; to favor; to aid, benefit, or countenance.By the darkness befriended.Longfellow.

1524

Befriendment

Be‐friend″ment (�), n. Act of befriending.

1525

Befrill

Be‐frill″ (�), v. t. To furnish or deck with a frill.

1526

Befringe

Be‐fringe″ (�), v. t. To furnish with a fringe; to form a fringe upon; to adorn as with fringe. Fuller.

1527

Befuddle

Be‐fud″dle (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Befuddled (�)] To becloud and confuse, as with liquor.

1528

Beg

Beg (�), n. [Turk. beg, pronounced bay. Cf. Bey, Begum.] A title of honor in Turkey and in some other parts of the East; a bey.

1529

Beg (2)

Beg (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Begged (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Begging.] [OE. beggen, perh. fr. AS. bedecian (akin to Goth. bedagwa beggar), biddan to ask. (Cf. Bid, v. t.); or cf. begh...

1530

Beg (3)

Beg, v. i. To ask alms or charity, especially to ask habitually by the wayside or from house to house; to live by asking alms.I can not dig; to beg I am ashamed.Luke xvi. 3.

1531

Bega

‖Be″ga (�), n. See Bigha.

1532

Begem

Be‐gem″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Begemmed (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Begemming.] To adorn with gems, or as with gems.Begemmed with dewdrops.Sir W. Scott.Those lonely realms bright garde...

1533

Beget

Be‐get″ (�), v. t. [imp.Begot (�), (Archaic)Begat (�); p. p.Begot, Begotten (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Begetting.] [OE. bigiten, bigeten, to get, beget, AS. begitan to get; pref. be- +...

1534

Begetter

Be‐get″ter (�), n. One who begets; a father.

1535

Beggable

Beg″ga‐ble (�), a. Capable of being begged.

1536

Beggar

Beg″gar (�), n. [OE. beggere, fr. beg.] 1. One who begs; one who asks or entreats earnestly, or with humility; a petitioner.2. One who makes it his business to ask alms.3. One w...

1537

Beggar (2)

Beg″gar, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Beggared (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Beggaring.] 1. To reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as, he had beggared himself. Milton.2. To cause to seem very poor an...

1538

Beggar's lice

Beg″gar's lice′ (�). (Bot.) The prickly fruit or seed of certain plants (as some species of Echinospermum and Cynoglossum) which cling to the clothing of those who brush by them.

1539

Beggar's ticks

Beg″gar's ticks′ (�). The bur marigold (Bidens) and its achenes, which are armed with barbed awns, and adhere to clothing and fleeces with unpleasant tenacity.