Part 591

A man who is being strangled. Lamb.

While the article on Burns was being written. Froude.

Fresh experience is always being gained. Jowett (Thucyd. )

Be"ing, n. 1. Existence, as opposed to nonexistence; state or sphere of existence.

In Him we live, and move, and have our being. Acts xvii. 28.

2. That which exists in any form, whether it be material or spiritual, actual or ideal; living existence, as distinguished from a thing without life; as, a human being; spiritual beings.

What a sweet being is an honest mind ! Beau. & Fl.

A Being of infinite benevolence and power. Wordsworth.

3. Lifetime; mortal existence. [Obs.]

Claudius, thou Wast follower of his fortunes in his being. Webster (1654).

4. An abode; a cottage. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

It was a relief to dismiss them [Sir Roger's servants] into little beings within my manor. Steele.

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.

2. To beat soundly; to cudgel.

Ajax belabors there a harmless ox. Dryden.

Bel`-ac*coyle" (&?;), n. [F. bel beautiful + accueil reception.] A kind or favorable reception or salutation. [Obs.]

Be*lace" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Belaced (&?;).]