beguilt
beguilt verb: to make guilty; cause to sin. Also the alternative form of begilt.
Verb
beguilt (third-person singular simple present beguilts, present participle beguilting, simple past and past participle beguilted)
- To make guilty; cause to sin.
- Why should I fear, I know not; since guiltiness I know not. I will not reason what is meant hereby, because I will beguilt less of the meaning.1791, Samuel Ayscough, An index to the remarkable passages and words made use of by Shakespeare
- "Why mangelest thou a wretched man? O spare me in my tomb! Spare to beguilt thy righteous hand, Æneas! […]"1977, Basil Davenport, The portable Roman reader
- To impute with guilt or fault; blame; accuse.
- […] for they deemed that he was long-grudging, even in lesser matters than those wherein Kalf had done to beguilt him with the king.1895, Eiríkr Magnússon, William Morris, The Saga library
- […] and albeit Einar were old, yet he threw himself into this case, and beguilted the sons of Thorgrim to the full at the Thorsness-thing.1911, William Morris, May Morris, The Collected Works of William Morris
Also used as
beguilt is also the alternative form of begilt.
Forms of beguilt
| third-person singular present | beguilts |
|---|---|
| present participle | beguilting |
| past participle | beguilted |
| past | beguilted |
Origin of beguilt
From Middle English begilten, equivalent to be- + guilt.
From begild.
Questions about beguilt
- What does beguilt mean?
- Beguilt means to make guilty; cause to sin.
- What part of speech is beguilt?
- Beguilt is a verb.
- What is the past tense of beguilt?
- The past tense of beguilt is beguilted.
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