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bego.

To go about; encompass; surround; beset, surround with hostile intent; to overrun.

4 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. To go about; encompass; surround; beset, surround with hostile intent; to overrun.

    archaic
  2. To clothe, dress.

    obsolete
  3. To affect, usually as a good or bad influence, or as a circumstance.

    He was woe begone.
Where this word comes from

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.

noun
  1. That which besets, surrounds, compasses, or affects; situation; circumstance.

Where this word comes from

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.

verb
  1. To go away, to disappear.

    rare
Where this word comes from

Back-formation from begone, originally an imperative but now an interjection, construed as a past participle.

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