Part 1088

<h1>Bewailable</h1> <Xpage=141>

<hw>Be*wail"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Such as may, or ought to, be bewailed; lamentable.</def>

<h1>Bewailer</h1> <Xpage=141>

<hw>Be*wail"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who bewails or laments.</def>

<h1>Bewailing</h1> <Xpage=141>

<hw>Be*wail"ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Wailing over; lamenting.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Be*wail"ing*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Bewailment</h1> <Xpage=141>

<hw>Be*wail"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of bewailing.</def>

<h1>Bewake</h1> <Xpage=141>

<hw>Be*wake"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <def>To keep watch over; to keep awake.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Gower.</i>

<h1>Beware</h1> <Xpage=141>

<hw>Be*ware"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Be</ets>, imperative of verb to be + <ets>ware</ets>. See <er>Ware</er>, <er>Wary</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To be on one's guard; to be cautious; to take care; -- commonly followed by <i>of</i> or <i>lest</i> before the thing that is to be avoided.</def>

<blockquote><b>Beware</b> of all, but most <b>beware</b> of man ! <i> Pope.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Beware</b> the awful avalanche. <i>Longfellow.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To have a special regard; to heed.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Behold, I send an Angel before thee. . . . <b>Beware</b> of him, and obey his voice. <i>Ex. xxiii. 20, 21.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; This word is a compound from <i>be</i> and the Old English <i>ware</i>, now <i>wary</i>, which is an adjective. "<i>Be</i> ye <i>war</i> of false prophetis." <i>Wyclif, Matt. vii. 15</i>. It is used commonly in the imperative and infinitive modes, and with such auxiliaries (<i>shall</i>, <i>should</i>, <i>must</i>, etc.) as go with the infinitive.</note>

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<h1>Beware</h1> <Xpage=142>

<hw>Be*ware"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To avoid; to take care of; to have a care for.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Priest, <i>beware</i> your beard."

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>To wish them <b>beware</b> the son. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bewash</h1> <Xpage=142>

<hw>Be*wash"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To drench or souse with water.</def> "Let the maids <i>bewash</i> the men."

<i>Herrick.</i>

<h1>Beweep</h1> <Xpage=142>

<hw>Be*weep"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bewept</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Beweeping</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[AS. <ets>bew<?/pan</ets>; pref. <ets>be-</ets> + <ets>weep</ets>.]</ety> <def>To weep over; to deplore; to bedew with tears.</def> "His timeless death <i>beweeping</i>."