Begnaw
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /bɪˈnɔː/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Begnaw is a verb meaning (transitive, archaic) To gnaw; to eat away at.
Meaning
(transitive, archaic) To gnaw; to eat away at.
Example Sentences
melancoly and begnawed palms
The worm of conscience still begnaw thy soul.
Above him hangs, all torn, tattered, and rat-begnawed, "A View of the Gold Mines of Peru."
[…] that man might see, / What worm begnaws — that vital core concealing / All its vile, consumptive bane, […]
Word Forms
- begnaws
- begnawing
- begnawed
- begnawn
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include corrade, abite, grieve, eate, begrutch, engrieve.
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