beghast
beghast verb: to fill with shock, awe, wonder, or amazement; inspire; enthuse.
Verb
beghast (third-person singular simple present beghasts, present participle beghasting, simple past and past participle beghasted)
- To fill with shock, awe, wonder, or amazement; inspire; enthuse.
- [...] And all, but my own heart-wound I Beside me, (as I sat alone, Beghasted with wild dreams), [...]1844, Thomas Hood, Hood's magazine and comic miscellany: Volume 1
- […] the beast of the earth after his kind, every thing that creepeth after his kind, and, as it were, the dod-begasted lie after his kind.1904, Julius M. Parker, God Never Spoke
Forms of beghast
| third-person singular present | beghasts |
|---|---|
| present participle | beghasting |
| past participle | beghasted |
| past | beghasted |
| alternative form | begast |
Origin of beghast
From be- + ghast. Cognate with German begeistern (“to inspire, excite, thrill”).
Questions about beghast
- What does beghast mean?
- Beghast means to fill with shock, awe, wonder, or amazement; inspire; enthuse.
- What part of speech is beghast?
- Beghast is a verb.
- What is the past tense of beghast?
- The past tense of beghast is beghasted.
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