Part 1013

<i>Gower. Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Begonia</h1> <Xpage=132>

<hw>Be*go"ni*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From Michel <ets>Begon</ets>, a promoter of botany.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of plants, mostly of tropical America, many species of which are grown as ornamental plants. The leaves are curiously one-sided, and often exhibit brilliant colors.</def>

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<h1>Begore</h1> <Xpage=133>

<hw>Be*gore"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To besmear with gore.</def>

<h1>Begot</h1> <Xpage=133>

<hw>Be*got"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <def><tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> of <er>Beget</er>.</def>

<h1>Begotten</h1> <Xpage=133>

<hw>Be*got"ten</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <def><tt>p. p.</tt> of <er>Beget</er>.</def>

<h1>Begrave</h1> <Xpage=133>

<hw>Be*grave"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>be-</ets> + <ets>grave</ets>; akin to G. <ets>begraben</ets>, Goth. <ets>bigraban</ets> to dig a ditch around.]</ety> <def>To bury; also, to engrave.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Gower.</i>

<h1>Begrease</h1> <Xpage=133>

<hw>Be*grease"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To soil or daub with grease or other oily matter.</def>

<h1>Begrime</h1> <Xpage=133>

<hw>Be*grime"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Begrimed</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Begriming</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To soil with grime or dirt deeply impressed or rubbed in.</def>

<blockquote>Books falling to pieces and <b>begrimed</b> with dust. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Begrimer</h1> <Xpage=133>

<hw>Be*grim"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, begrimes.</def>

<h1>Begrudge</h1> <Xpage=133>

<hw>Be*grudge"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Begrudged</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Begrudging</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To grudge; to envy the possession of.</def>

<h1>Beguile</h1> <Xpage=133>

<hw>Be*guile"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Beguiled</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Beguiling</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To delude by guile, artifice, or craft; to deceive or impose on, as by a false statement; to lure.</def>

<blockquote>The serpent <b>beguiled</b> me, and I did eat. <i>Gen. iii. 13.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To elude, or evade by craft; to foil.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>When misery could <b>beguile</b> the tyrant's rage. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To cause the time of to pass without notice; to relieve the tedium or weariness of; to while away; to divert.</def>