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begemmed

begemmed is the simple past and past participle of begem.

Meaning of begem

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

Adjective

begemmed (comparative more begemmed, superlative most begemmed)

  1. Adorned (as if) with gems.
    • Childhood’s sweet fields renewed, / With daisies and with king-cups gay begemmed, / I saw: then Lindsey’s sweetest sanctitude / Of Druid woods arose, where, giant-stemmed, / Upreared old trees anew with verdure diademmed.1845, Thomas Cooper, The Purgatory of Suicides. A Prison-Rhyme., London: […] Jeremiah How, […], book IV, stanza XXII, page 134
    • I […] went on down that road which was more terrible than ever now to my bruised, weary feet, but even more lovely than ever in the dying light of the crimson sunset, with all its dark shodows among the trees begemmed with countless fire-flies […]1897, Mary H. Kingsley, chapter 27, in Travels in West Africa, London: Macmillan, page 608
    Synonyms:
    gemmed

Synonyms of begemmed

Forms of begemmed

comparativemore begemmed
superlativemost begemmed

Questions about begemmed

What does begemmed mean?
Begemmed means adorned (as if) with gems.
What is begemmed the simple past and past participle of?
Begemmed is the simple past and past participle of begem.
What part of speech is begemmed?
Begemmed is an adjective.

Words near begemmed in the dictionary

  1. begedkefet
  2. Begelly
  3. begem
  4. Begeman
  5. Begemans
  6. begemmed
  7. begemming
  8. begems
  9. begena
  10. begenas
  11. beget

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