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begnaw

verb
/bɪˈnɔː/UK/bɪˈnɔ/US/bɪˈnɑ/

Etymology

From Middle English *begnawen, from Old English begnagan (“to begnaw, gnaw all over”), equivalent to be- + gnaw.

  1. inherited from begnagan
  2. inherited from *begnawen✻

Definitions

  1. To gnaw

    To gnaw; to eat away at.

    • The worm of conscience still begnaw thy soul.
    • […] that man might see, / What worm begnaws — that vital core concealing / All its vile, consumptive bane, […]
    • Above him hangs, all torn, tattered, and rat-begnawed, "A View of the Gold Mines of Peru."

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA