What does begemmed mean?
Begemmed means simple past and past participle of begem.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
simple past and past participle of begem.
Childhood’s sweet fields renewed, / With daisies and with king-cups gay begemmed, / I saw: then Lindsey’s sweetest sanctitude / Of Druid woods arose, where, giant-stemmed, / Upreared old trees anew with verdure diademmed.
I […] went on down that road which was more terrible than ever now to my bruised, weary feet, but even more lovely than ever in the dying light of the crimson sunset, with all its dark shodows among the trees begemmed with countless fire-flies […]
Praeternaturally brilliant flowers bloom in most of the Other Worlds described by primitive eschatologists, and even in the begemmed and glassy paradises of the more advanced religions they have their place.
Just as colorful as the flowers was Sophie Sassoon herself. In a purple muumuu, braceleted and begemmed, she glided from chair to chair.
Use begemmed when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Begemmed means simple past and past participle of begem.
Common synonyms include gemmed.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Childhood’s sweet fields renewed, / With daisies and with king-cups gay begemmed, / I saw: then Lindsey’s sweetest sanctitude / Of Druid woods arose, where, giant-stemmed, / Upreared old trees anew with verdure diademmed.
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