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beghasting

beghasting is the present participle and gerund of beghast.

Meaning of beghast

Verb

beghast (third-person singular simple present beghasts, present participle beghasting, simple past and past participle beghasted)

  1. (transitive) 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

Questions about beghasting

What is beghasting the present participle and gerund of?
Beghasting is the present participle and gerund of beghast.

Words near beghasting in the dictionary

  1. beghadhkephath
  2. Beghard
  3. Beghards
  4. beghast
  5. beghasted
  6. beghasting
  7. beghasts
  8. beghilos
  9. beghost
  10. beghosted
  11. beghosting

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