Part 1020

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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>as, a human <ex>being</ex>; spiritual <ex>beings</ex>.</as></def>

<blockquote>What a sweet <b>being</b> is an honest mind ! <i>Beau. & Fl.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A <b>Being</b> of infinite benevolence and power. <i>Wordsworth.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Lifetime; mortal existence.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Claudius, thou Wast follower of his fortunes in his <b>being</b>. <i>Webster (1654).</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>An abode; a cottage.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Wright.</i>

<blockquote>It was a relief to dismiss them [Sir Roger's servants] into little <b>beings</b> within my manor. <i> Steele.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Being</h1> <Xpage=133>

<hw>Be"ing</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Since; inasmuch as.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Colloq.]</mark>

<blockquote>And <b>being</b> you have Declined his means, you have increased his malice. <i>Beau. & Fl.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bejade</h1> <Xpage=133>

<hw>Be*jade"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To jade or tire.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Bejape</h1> <Xpage=133>

<hw>Be*jape"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To jape; to laugh at; to deceive.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Bejaundice</h1> <Xpage=133>

<hw>Be*jaun"dice</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To infect with jaundice.</def>

<h1>Bejewel</h1> <Xpage=133>

<hw>Be*jew"el</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bejeweled</er> or <er>Bejewelled</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bejeweling</er> or <er>Bejewelling</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To ornament with a jewel or with jewels; to spangle.</def> "<i>Bejeweled</i> hands."

<i>Thackeray.</i>

<h1>Bejumble</h1> <Xpage=133>

<hw>Be*jum"ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To jumble together.</def>

<h1>Bekah</h1> <Xpage=133>

<hw>Be"kah</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Heb.]</ety> <def>Half a shekel.</def>

<h1>Beknave</h1> <Xpage=133>

<hw>Be*knave"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To call knave.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>