be-

Prefix

be-

1. (idiomatic, rare) By, near, next to, around, close to.
   • beleaguer, bestand, beset, besit
2. (idiomatic, rare) Around; about.
   • begather, belay, belook, bestir, belive, besmell, bewrap
3. (idiomatic, rare) About, regarding, concerning, over.
   • bewrite, betalk, betell, belie, bemoan, bemourn, bewail, beknow, besing, bespeak
4. (idiomatic, rare) On, upon, at, to, in contact with something.
   • beclothe, becall, besee, behold, befall, bedo, beshine, besmile, betone
5. (idiomatic, rare) Off, away, over, across
   • becut, bedeal, betake, bego, behead, belimb, benim, bereave, besleeve, betrunk
6. (idiomatic, rare) As an intensifier; i.e. thoroughly, excessively; completely; utterly.
   • bebreak, begladden, belabour, belove, behate, besmirch, bedazzle, besiege, befuddle
7. (idiomatic, rare) All around; about; abundantly; all over.
   • belave, belick, bescatter, bekiss
8. (idiomatic, rare) Forming verbs derived from nouns or adjectives, usually with the sense of "to make, become, or cause to be".
   • becalm, bedark, befree, befriend, bedim, beken, benight, benothing, bewet, besmooth, bestrange
9. (archaic, informal) Used to intensify adjectives meaning "adorned with something", often those with the suffix -ed.
   • besequined, befeathered, beclawed, bewebbed, betasseled, beloved
   • Similarly, one could argue that if these be-tattooed yogic folk were really so spiritual, they wouldn't feel the need to inform everyone else of this or remind themselves of it, via the medium of the tattoo.2010 October 17, Hadley Freeman, “Tattoos: what makes one spiritual and another Katona-esque?”, in The Guardian