What does begay mean?
Begay means (transitive) To make cheerful or merry..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(transitive) To make cheerful or merry..
For Lu was the girl she seemed, and Wang was a boy — a boy, dressed in girl's clothes, even to the crimson ribbons of maidenhood begaying his hair: [...]
When in the oration ther is nothing rightly and properly spoken, but all is to muche befigured and begayed.
I find it the finest land & folk yet, finer even than Denmark & the Danes, though truly not so begaying & behopefulling.
Use begay when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Begay means (transitive) To make cheerful or merry..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
For Lu was the girl she seemed, and Wang was a boy — a boy, dressed in girl's clothes, even to the crimson ribbons of maidenhood begaying his hair: [...]
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