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beglory

beglory verb: to glory in, about, or over; exalt; make glorious; impart with glory; glorify.

Verb

beglory (third-person singular simple present beglories, present participle beglorying, simple past and past participle begloried)

  1. (transitive) To glory in, about, or over; exalt; make glorious; impart with glory; glorify.
    • Away on the patriarch mountains the sunset is burning, And huge floating cloudlets, begloried with crimson, Move silently o'er with a sleepy and peace-breathing motion.1880, George Heath, James Badnall, Francis Redfern, The poems of George Heath
    • [...] And with victory beglory'd set Sun and Moon, [...]1898, William Morris, Poetical Works: Tale of Beowulf

Forms of beglory

third-person singular presentbeglories
present participlebeglorying
past participlebegloried
pastbegloried

Origin of beglory

From be- (“on, at, across, about”) + glory.

Questions about beglory

What does beglory mean?
Beglory means to glory in, about, or over; exalt; make glorious; impart with glory; glorify.
What part of speech is beglory?
Beglory is a verb.
What is the past tense of beglory?
The past tense of beglory is begloried.

Words near beglory in the dictionary

  1. begloomed
  2. beglooming
  3. beglooms
  4. begloried
  5. beglories
  6. beglory
  7. beglorying
  8. beglossed
  9. begloved
  10. beglue
  11. beglued

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