bego
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.52 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To affect, usually as a good or bad influence, or as a circumstance.
Example Sentences
- "Thy prysemen ar sore begone and put undir, for they ar oversette with Sarazens mo than fyve hondred."
- "False love, I bego, I bego. Ere something still worse come down."
- "He was woe begone."
- "“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."
- "He bewent speedily, and as he vanished I heard him again calling, " Not she, not she ! Ha, ha ! ""
- "“Begone!” I shouted. They bewent, asmirking, And I, awakening, fell straight aworking."
Etymology
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.