Webster's Dictionary 1913

1540

Beggarhood

Beg″gar‐hood (�), n. The condition of being a beggar; also, the class of beggars.

1541

Beggarism

Beg″gar‐ism (�), n. Beggary.

1542

Beggarliness

Beg″gar‐li‐ness (�), n. The quality or state of being beggarly; meanness.

1543

Beggarly

Beg″gar‐ly (�), a. 1. In the condition of, or like, a beggar; suitable for a beggar; extremely indigent; poverty-stricken; mean; poor; contemptible. “A bankrupt, beggarly fellow...

1544

Beggarly (2)

Beg″gar‐ly, adv. In an indigent, mean, or despicable manner; in the manner of a beggar.

1545

Beggary

Beg″gar‐y (�), n. [OE. beggerie. See Beggar, n.] 1. The act of begging; the state of being a beggar; mendicancy; extreme poverty.2. Beggarly appearance.The freedom and the begga...

1546

Beggary (2)

Beg″gar‐y, a. Beggarly. B. Jonson.

1547

Beggestere

Beg″ge‐stere (�), n. [Beg + -ster.] A beggar. Chaucer.

1548

Beghard

{ Be‐ghard″Be‐guard″ } (�), n. [F. bégard, béguard; cf. G. beghard, LL. Beghardus, Begihardus, Begardus. Prob. from the root of beguine + -ard or -hard. See Beguine.] (Eccl. His...

1549

Begild

Be‐gild″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Begilded or Begilt (�).] To gild. B. Jonson.

1550

Begin

Be‐gin″ (�), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Began (�), Begun (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Beginning (�).] [AS. beginnan (akin to OS. biginnan, D. & G. beginnen, OHG. biginnan, Goth., du-ginnan, Sw. ...

1551

Begin (2)

Be‐gin″, v. t. 1. To enter on; to commence.Ye nymphs of Solyma! begin the song.Pope.2. To trace or lay the foundation of; to make or place a beginning of.The apostle begins our ...

1552

Begin (3)

Be‐gin″, n. Beginning. Spenser.

1553

Beginner

Be‐gin″ner (�), n. One who begins or originates anything. Specifically: A young or inexperienced practitioner or student; a tyro.A sermon of a new beginner.Swift.

1554

Beginning

Be‐gin″ning (�), n. 1. The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effo...

1555

Begird

Be‐gird″ (�), v. t. [imp.Begirt (�), Begirded; p. p.Begirt; p. pr. & vb. n.Begirding.] [AS. begyrdan (akin to Goth. bigairdan); pref. be- + gyrdan to gird.] 1. To bind with a ba...

1556

Begirdle

Be‐gir″dle (�), v. t. To surround as with a girdle.

1557

Begirt

Be‐girt″ (�), v. t. To encompass; to begird. Milton.

1558

Beglerbeg

‖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.

1559

Begnaw

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 so...

1560

Begod

Be‐god″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Begodded.] To exalt to the dignity of a god; to deify. “Begodded saints.” South.

1561

Begohm

Beg″ohm′ (?), n.(Elec.) A unit of resistance equal to one billion ohms, or one thousand megohms.

1562

Begone

Be‐gone″ (�), interj. [Be, v. i. + gone, p. p.] Go away; depart; get you gone.

1563

Begone (2)

Be‐gone″, p. p. [OE. begon, AS. bigān; pref. be- + gān to go.] Surrounded; furnished; beset; environed (as in woe-begone). Gower. Chaucer.

1564

Begonia

Be‐go″ni‐a (bē̍‐gō″nĭ‐ȧ), 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 plant...

1565

Begore

Be‐gore″ (bē̍‐gōr″), v. t. To besmear with gore.

1566

Begot

Be‐got″ (bē̍‐gŏt″), imp. & p. p. of Beget.