Begay
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Begay is a verb meaning (transitive) To make cheerful or merry.
Meaning
(transitive) To make cheerful or merry.
Example Sentences
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.
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: [...]
Word Forms
- begays
- begaying
- begayed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include chilling, cheerfulize, brighten, beatify, glad, gladden.
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