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- verb transitive To
gaze at.
Etymologies
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From be- (“at, over, around”) + gaze.
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renumeratedfrog commented on the word begaze
There's no such word, officially at least.OK, I stand corrected, but none of the online dictionaries list it. Plus its usage seems to be limited to old poetry.
August 19, 2008
whichbe commented on the word begaze
Hello frog. I like frogs. Have you checked the OED on this one? It may just be obsolete.
August 19, 2008
qroqqa commented on the word begaze
I had not leisure to see our friend Masclet, who is prefect there; I could only run along the rampart and begaze the site of Lord Nelson's misemployment.
—William Taylor, 1802, letter to Thomas Martin, collected in Robberd's Memoir of Taylor's life and writings (1843)
Meseemes she doth begaze with meltynge stare
Her weddynge-bedde, hynceforthe anodhers share.
—William Taylor's 1801 play Wortigerne, supposed to be by Rowley, the 15th-century poet invented by Thomas Chatterton
One sporadic modern use:
Arts of peace, intent
To begaze the star—
—Manmohan Ghose, 1970, Collected Poems
August 19, 2008
chelster commented on the word begaze
"Begaze" is listed in the OED and Webster 2.
May 25, 2011