beghost

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To endow with a spirit or ghost

   To endow with a spirit or ghost; haunt.

   • Was Hamlet's armour beghosted too?
   • For two centuries or more Littlecote, which is near Hungerford, was owned by the Darrell family, and it was they who finally beghosted not only the house but also the neighbourhood — even as far as the Hungerford to Salisbury road.
   • Later she remembered them as ensorcelled houses; beghosted by their occupants' fears of disappointment, by the memories of their lives and other lives they might have had.
2. 2

   To make a ghost of

   To make a ghost of; teach (one) how to play a ghost.

The neighborhood

• neighborbeghast