bego

English

verb
Definitions
  • (archaic) To go about; encompass; surround; beset, surround with hostile intent; to overrun.
  • (obsolete) To clothe, dress.
  • (obsolete) To affect, usually as a good or bad influence, or as a circumstance.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English begon inherited from Old English begān (beset, honor, do, cultivate, practice, traverse, attend to, go over, be diligent about, go to, visit, occupy, overrun, surround, profess, worship, come by, engage in, care for, fall into, perform, inhabit, get to, serve) derived from Proto-Germanic *bi (near, by, around, about, be-) prefix from English go.

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English

go

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