bego
bego verb: to go about; encompass; surround; beset, surround with hostile intent; to overrun.
Verb (1)
bego (third-person singular simple present begoes, present participle begoing, simple past bewent, past participle begone)
- To go about; encompass; surround; beset, surround with hostile intent; to overrun.
- Thy prysemen ar sore begone and put undir, for they ar oversette with Sarazens mo than fyve hondred.1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book V
- False love, I bego, I bego. Ere something still worse come down.1892, Albany Law Journal, volumes 44-45, page 166
- To clothe, dress.
- To affect, usually as a good or bad influence, or as a circumstance.
- He was woe begone.
Noun
bego (plural begoes)
- That which besets, surrounds, compasses, or affects; situation; circumstance.
- “As I was passing by a vineyard on the Earth where some of mankind were taking their lunch, I heard them complaining and grumbling about these things they called 'ants'. Oh the woes and begoes of mankind,” smiled the good lord.2011, Loretto Gubernatis, Dimitrius and the Gladiolas
Verb (2)
bego (third-person singular simple present begoes, present participle begoing, simple past bewent, past participle begone)
- To go away, to disappear.
- He bewent speedily, and as he vanished I heard him again calling, " Not she, not she ! Ha, ha ! "1902, Carolyn Wells, Abeniki Caldwell, page 178
- “Begone!” I shouted. They bewent, asmirking,
And I, awakening, fell straight aworking.1911, Ambrose Bierce, “A Vision of Climate”, in The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, volume 5, page 199
Forms of bego
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | begoes |
| present participle | begoing |
| past | bewent |
| past participle | begone |
| Noun | |
| plural | begoes |
Origin of bego
From Middle English begon, from Old English begān (“to go over, traverse, get to, come by, fall into, go to, visit, care for, cultivate, inhabit, occupy, surround, beset, overrun, practice, do, engage in, perform, attend to, be diligent about, honor, serve, worship, profess”), from Proto-Germanic *bi + *gāną, corresponding to be- + go. Cognate with Dutch begaan, German begehen, Danish begå.
Back-formation from begone, originally an imperative but now an interjection, construed as a past participle.
Words formed from bego
Questions about bego
- What does bego mean?
- Bego means to go about; encompass; surround; beset, surround with hostile intent; to overrun.
- What part of speech is bego?
- Bego can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of bego?
- The past tense of bego is bewent.
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