bego

present singular third person begoes · participle present begoing · past bewent · participle past begone

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

   False love, I bego, I bego. Ere something still worse come down.

   1892, Albany Law Journal, volumes 44-45, page 166

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   Thy prysemen ar sore begone and put undir, for they ar oversette with Sarazens mo than fyve hondred.

   1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book V

2. obsoleteTo clothe, dress.
3. obsolete except in set phrasesTo affect, usually as a good or bad influence, or as a circumstance.

   He was woe begone.

plural begoes

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

   “As I was passing by a vineyard on the Earth where some of mankind were taking their lunch, I heard them complaining and grumbling about these things they called 'ants'. Oh the woes and begoes of mankind,” smiled the good lord.

   2011, Loretto Gubernatis, Dimitrius and the Gladiolas

present singular third person begoes · participle present begoing · past bewent · participle past begone

1. rareTo go away, to disappear.

   “Begone!” I shouted. They bewent, asmirking, And I, awakening, fell straight aworking.

   1911, Ambrose Bierce, “A Vision of Climate”, in The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, volume 5, page 199

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   He bewent speedily, and as he vanished I heard him again calling, " Not she, not she ! Ha, ha ! "

   1902, Carolyn Wells, Abeniki Caldwell, page 178