Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beguilt

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: be-guilt
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make guilty; cause to sin.

Transitive verb

verb

To impute with guilt or fault; blame; accuse.

Transitive verb

verb

Alternative form of begilt.

Example Sentences

"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."
""Why mangelest thou a wretched man? O spare me in my tomb! Spare to beguilt thy righteous hand, Æneas! […]""
"[…] for they deemed that he was long-grudging, even in lesser matters than those wherein Kalf had done to beguilt him with the king."
"[…] 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."

Etymology

From Middle English begilten, equivalent to be- + guilt.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: be
Root: begilten

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

beguilts (present, singular) beguilting (participle, present) beguilted (participle, past) beguilted (past)

Questions

What does beguilt mean?: To make guilty; cause to sin.
Where does beguilt come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce beguilt

Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “beguilt”.
Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling () so you know which sounds to aim for.
Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “beguilt”.
Repeat and practice — Say “beguilt” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.