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begem

begem verb: to adorn (as if) with gems.

Verb

begem (third-person singular simple present begems, present participle begemming, simple past and past participle begemmed)

  1. To adorn (as if) with gems.
    • Our Grove we illuminate, glorious to see,
      With glittering Glow-worms begemming each Tree;1748, Laetitia Pilkington, “Queen Mab to Pollio”, in Memoirs, Dublin, page 151
    • One […] threw
      The wreath upon him, like an anadem,
      Which frozen tears instead of pearls begem;1821, Percy B[ysshe] Shelley, Adonais: An Elegy on the Death of John Keats, […], Pisa, Italy: […] Didot; reprinted London: Noel Douglas […], 1927, →OCLC, stanza 11

Forms of begem

third-person singular presentbegems
present participlebegemming
past participlebegemmed
pastbegemmed

Origin of begem

From be- + gem.

Questions about begem

What does begem mean?
Begem means to adorn (as if) with gems.
What part of speech is begem?
Begem is a verb.
What is the past tense of begem?
The past tense of begem is begemmed.

Words near begem in the dictionary

  1. begeck
  2. begecks
  3. begedil
  4. begedkefet
  5. Begelly
  6. begem
  7. Begeman
  8. Begemans
  9. begemmed
  10. begemming
  11. begems

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