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bego

The English word “bego” has 5 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To go about; encompass; surround; beset, surround with hostile intent; to overrun.
  2. To clothe, dress.
  3. To affect, usually as a good or bad influence, or as a circumstance.
  4. To go away, to disappear.

noun

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

Etymology

From Middle English begon, from Old English begān (“to go over, traverse, get to, come by, fall into, go to, visit, care for, cultivate, inhabit, occupy, surround, beset, overrun, practice, do, engage in, perform, attend to, be diligent about, honor, serve, worship, profess”), from Proto-Germanic *bi + *gāną, corresponding to be- + go. Cognate with Dutch begaan, German begehen, Danish begå.

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