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beguilt

verb

Etymology

From Middle English begilten, equivalent to be- + guilt.

  1. inherited from begilten

Definitions

  1. To make guilty

    To make guilty; cause to sin.

    • Why should I fear, I know not; since guiltiness I know not. I will not reason what is meant hereby, because I will beguilt less of the meaning.
    • "Why mangelest thou a wretched man? O spare me in my tomb! Spare to beguilt thy righteous hand, Æneas! […]"

  2. To impute with guilt or fault

    To impute with guilt or fault; blame; accuse.

    • […] for they deemed that he was long-grudging, even in lesser matters than those wherein Kalf had done to beguilt him with the king.
    • […] and albeit Einar were old, yet he threw himself into this case, and beguilted the sons of Thorgrim to the full at the Thorsness-thing.

  3. Alternative form of begilt.

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