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bego

bego

See also: bėgo and begö

English

Verb

bego (third-person singular simple present begoes, present participle begoing, simple past bewent, past participle begone)

  1. (archaic) To go about; encompass; surround; beset, surround with hostile intent; to overrun.
    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book V:
      Thy prysemen ar sore begone and put undir, for they ar oversette with Sarazens mo than fyve hondred.
    • 1892, Albany Law Journal - Volumes 44-45 - Page 166:
      False love, I bego, I bego. Ere something still worse come down.
    • 1902, Carolyn Wells, Abeniki Caldwell: A Burlesque Historical Novel - Page 178:
      He bewent speedily, and as he vanished I heard him again calling, " Not she, not she ! Ha, ha ! "
    • 2013, Ambrose Bierce, Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce:
      They bewent, asmirking, And I, awakening, fell straight aworking.
  2. (obsolete) To clothe, dress.
  3. (obsolete except in set phrases) To affect, usually as a good or bad influence, or as a circumstance.
    He was woe begone.

Noun

bego (plural begoes)

  1. That which besets, surrounds, compasses, or affects; situation; circumstance.
    • 2011, Loretto Gubernatis, Dimitrius and the Gladiolas:
      “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.

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Indonesian

Adjective

bego

  1. dumb