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begaze

begaze verb: to gaze at.

Verb

begaze (third-person singular simple present begazes, present participle begazing, simple past and past participle begazed)

  1. (transitive) To gaze at.
    • I had not leisure to see our friend Masclet, who is prefect there; I could only run along the rampart and begaze the site of Lord Nelson's misemployment.1843, J. W. Robberds, A memoir of the life and writings of the late William Taylor of Norwich
    • When the high wind volleyed And guardian the moon was I was castled in quietness Begazed and slurred I was And I heard I heard the myriad thrill Of holy and boon Of the whisper of the lieder In the philosophic strings.1995, Peter Ben Jones, The blue, the leaning-down blue

Forms of begaze

third-person singular presentbegazes
present participlebegazing
past participlebegazed
pastbegazed

Origin of begaze

From be- (“at, over, around”) + gaze.

Questions about begaze

What does begaze mean?
Begaze means to gaze at.
What part of speech is begaze?
Begaze is a verb.
What is the past tense of begaze?
The past tense of begaze is begazed.

Words near begaze in the dictionary

  1. begavolts
  2. begay
  3. begayed
  4. begaying
  5. begays
  6. begaze
  7. begazed
  8. begazes
  9. begazing
  10. Begbie
  11. Begbies

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