Bewail Be·wail" intransitive verb To express grief; to lament. Shak.
Bewailable Be·wail"a·ble adjective Such as may, or ought to, be bewailed; lamentable.
Bewailer Be·wail"er noun One who bewails or laments.
Bewailing Be·wail"ing adjective Wailing over; lamenting. --
Be*wail"ing*ly ,
adverb
Bewailment Be·wail"ment noun The act of bewailing.
Bewake Be·wake" transitive verb & i. To keep watch over; to keep awake. [ Obsolete]
Gower.
Beware Be·ware" intransitive verb [
Be , imperative of verb to be +
ware . See
Ware ,
Wary .]
1. To be on one's guard; to be cautious; to take care; -- commonly followed by of or lest before the thing that is to be avoided. Beware of all, but most beware of man !
Pope.
Beware the awful avalanche.
Longfellow.
2. To have a special regard; to heed. [ Obsolete]
Behold, I send an Angel before thee. . . . Beware of him, and obey his voice.
Ex. xxiii. 20, 21.
» This word is a compound from
be and the Old English
ware , now
wary , which is an adjective. "
Be ye
war of false prophetis."
Wyclif, Matt. vii. 15. It is used commonly in the imperative and infinitive modes, and with such auxiliaries (
shall ,
should ,
must , etc.) as go with the infinitive.
Beware Be·ware" (be*wâr")
transitive verb To avoid; to take care of; to have a care for. [ Obsolete] "Priest,
beware your beard."
Shak. To wish them beware the son.
Milton.
Bewash Be·wash" transitive verb To drench or souse with water. "Let the maids
bewash the men."
Herrick.
Beweep Be·weep" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Bewept ;
present participle & verbal noun Beweeping .] [ Anglo-Saxon
bew...pan ; prefix
be- +
weep .]
To weep over; to deplore; to bedew with tears. "His timeless death
beweeping ."
Drayton.
Beweep Be·weep" intransitive verb To weep. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Bewet Be·wet" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Bewet ,
Bewetted .]
To wet or moisten. Gay.
Bewhore Be·whore" transitive verb 1. To corrupt with regard to chastity; to make a whore of. J. Fletcher. 2. To pronounce or characterize as a whore. Shak.
Bewig Be·wig" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Bewigged ]
To cover (the head) with a wig. Hawthorne.
Bewilder Be·wil"der transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Bewildered ;
present participle & verbal noun Bewildering .] [ Prefix
be- +
wilder .]
To lead into perplexity or confusion, as for want of a plain path; to perplex with mazes; or in general, to perplex or confuse greatly. Lost and bewildered in the fruitless search.
Addison.
Syn. -- To perplex; puzzle; entangle; confuse; confound; mystify; embarrass; lead astray.
Bewildered Be·wil"dered adjective Greatly perplexed; as, a bewildered mind.
Bewilderedness Be·wil"dered·ness noun The state of being bewildered; bewilderment. [ R.]
Bewildering Be·wil"der·ing adjective Causing bewilderment or great perplexity; as, bewildering difficulties. --
Be*wil"der*ing*ly ,
adverb
Bewilderment Be·wil"der·ment noun 1. The state of being bewildered. 2. A bewildering tangle or confusion. He . . . soon lost all traces of it amid bewilderment of tree trunks and underbrush.
Hawthorne.
Bewinter Be·win"ter transitive verb To make wintry. [ Obsolete]
Bewit Bew"it noun [ Confer Old French
buie bond, chain, from Latin
boja neck collar, fetter. Confer
Buoy .]
A double slip of leather by which bells are fastened to a hawk's legs.
Bewitch Be·witch" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Bewitched ;
present participle & verbal noun Bewitching .]
1. To gain an ascendency over by charms or incantations; to affect (esp. to injure) by witchcraft or sorcery. See how I am bewitched ; behold, mine arm
Is like a blasted sapling withered up.
Shak.
2. To charm; to fascinate; to please to such a degree as to take away the power of resistance; to enchant. The charms of poetry our souls bewitch .
Dryden.
Syn. -- To enchant; captivate; charm; entrance.
Bewitchedness Be·witch"ed·ness noun The state of being bewitched. Gauden.
Bewitcher Be·witch"er noun One who bewitches.
Bewitchery Be·witch"er·y noun The power of bewitching or fascinating; bewitchment; charm; fascination. There is a certain bewitchery or fascination in words.
South.
Bewitching Be·witch"ing adjective Having power to bewitch or fascinate; enchanting; captivating; charming. --
Be*witch"ing*ly ,
adverb -- Be*witch"ing*ness,
noun
Bewitchment Be·witch"ment noun 1. The act of bewitching, or the state of being bewitched. Tylor. 2. The power of bewitching or charming. Shak.
Bewonder Be·won"der transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Bewondered ]
1. To fill with wonder. [ Obsolete]
2. To wonder at; to admire. [ Obsolete]
Bewrap Be·wrap" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Bewrapped ]
To wrap up; to cover. Fairfax.
Bewray Be·wray" (be*rā")
transitive verb To soil. See Beray .
Bewray Be·wray" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Bewrayed (-rād");
present participle & verbal noun Bewraying .] [ Middle English
bewraien ,
biwreyen ; prefix
be- + Anglo-Saxon
wrēgan to accuse, betray; akin to Old Saxon
wrōgian , Old High German
ruogēn , German
rügen , Icelandic
rægja , Goth.
wrōhjan to accuse.]
To expose; to reveal; to disclose; to betray. [ Obsolete or Archaic]
The murder being once done, he is in less fear, and in more hope that the deed shall not be bewrayed or known.
Robynson (More's Utopia. )
Thy speech bewrayeth thee.
Matt. xxvi. 73.
Bewrayer Be·wray"er (-ẽr)
noun One who, or that which, bewrays; a revealer. [ Obsolete or Archaic]
Addison.
Bewrayment Be·wray"ment (-m
e nt)
noun Betrayal. [ R.]
Bewreck Be·wreck" transitive verb To wreck. [ Obsolete]
Bewreke Be·wreke" transitive verb [ Prefix
be- +
wreak .]
To wreak; to avenge. [ Obsolete]
Ld. Berners.
Bewrought Be·wrought" adjective [ Prefix
be- +
wrought , past participle of
work , transitive verb ]
Embroidered. [ Obsolete]
B. Jonson.
Bey Bey (bā)
noun [ See
Beg a bey.]
A governor of a province or district in the Turkish dominions; also, in some places, a prince or nobleman; a beg; as, the bey of Tunis.
Beylic Bey"lic noun [ Turk.]
The territory ruled by a bey.
Beyond Be·yond" preposition [ Middle English
biyonde ,
biʒeonde , Anglo-Saxon
begeondan , preposition and adverb ; prefix
be- +
geond yond, yonder. See
Yon ,
Yonder .]
1. On the further side of; in the same direction as, and further on or away than. Beyond that flaming hill.
G. Fletcher.
2. At a place or time not yet reached; before. A thing beyond us, even before our death.
Pope.
3. Past, out of the reach or sphere of; further than; greater than; as, the patient was beyond medical aid; beyond one's strength. 4. In a degree or amount exceeding or surpassing; proceeding to a greater degree than; above, as in dignity, excellence, or quality of any kind. "
Beyond expectation."
Barrow. Beyond any of the great men of my country.
Sir P. Sidney.
Beyond sea .
(Law) See under Sea . --
To go beyond ,
to exceed in ingenuity, in research, or in anything else; hence, in a bed sense, to deceive or circumvent. That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter.
1 Thess. iv. 6.
Beyond Be·yond" adverb Further away; at a distance; yonder. Lo, where beyond he lyeth languishing.
Spenser.
Bez-antler Bez`-ant"ler noun [ Latin
bis twice (OF.
bes ) + English
antler .]
The second branch of a stag's horn.
Bezant Be·zant" noun [ See
Byzant .]
1. A gold coin of Byzantium or Constantinople, varying in weight and value, usually (those current in England) between a sovereign and a half sovereign. There were also white or silver bezants. [ Written also
besant ,
byzant , etc.]
2. (Her.) A circle in or , i. e., gold, representing the gold coin called bezant . Burke. 3. A decoration of a flat surface, as of a band or belt, representing circular disks lapping one upon another.
Bezel Bez"el (bĕz"ĕl)
noun [ From an old form of French
biseau sloping edge, probably from Latin
bis double. See
Bi- .]
The rim which encompasses and fastens a jewel or other object, as the crystal of a watch, in the cavity in which it is set.
Bézique Bé·zique" (ba*zēk")
noun [ French
bésigue .]
A game at cards in which various combinations of cards in the hand, when declared, score points.
Bezoar Be"zoar noun [ French
bézoard , from Arabic
bāzahr ,
bādizahr , from Persian
pād- zahr bezoar;
pād protecting +
zahr poison; confer Portuguese & Spanish
bezoar .]
A calculous concretion found in the intestines of certain ruminant animals (as the wild goat, the gazelle, and the Peruvian llama) formerly regarded as an unfailing antidote for poison, and a certain remedy for eruptive, pestilential, or putrid diseases. Hence: Any antidote or panacea. » Two kinds were particularly esteemed, the
Bezoar orientale of India, and the
Bezoar occidentale of Peru.
Bezoar antelope .
See Antelope . --
Bezoar goat (Zoology) ,
the wild goat ( Capra ægagrus ). --
Bezoar mineral ,
an old preparation of oxide of antimony. Ure.
Bezoardic Bez`o·ar"dic adjective [ Confer French
bézoardique ,
bézoartique .]
Pertaining to, or compounded with, bezoar. --
noun A medicine containing bezoar.
Bezoartic, Bezoartical Bez`o·ar"tic, Bez`o·ar"tic·al adjective [ See
Bezoardic .]
Having the qualities of an antidote, or of bezoar; healing. [ Obsolete]
Bezonian Be·zo"ni·an noun [ Confer French
besoin need, want, It
bisogno .]
A low fellow or scoundrel; a beggar. Great men oft die by vile bezonians .
Shak.
Bezpopovtsy Bez`po·pov"tsy noun [ Russian ;
bez without +
popovtsy , a derivative of
pop priest.]
A Russian sect. See Raskolnik .
Bezzle Bez"zle transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Bezzled ;
present participle & verbal noun Bezzling ] [ Old French
besillier ,
besiler , to maltreat, pillage; or shortened from
embezzle . Confer
Embezzle .]
To plunder; to waste in riot. [ Obsolete]
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