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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of begem.
  • adjective adorned (as if) with gems

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Examples

  • I left them again resting, fearing I had overdone my arrangements for arriving just after nightfall and went on down that road which was more terrible than ever now to my bruised, weary feet, but even more lovely than ever in the dying light of the crimson sunset, with all its dark shadows among the trees begemmed with countless fire-flies — and so safe into

    Travels in West Africa 2003

  • You must admire the new dresses of the ladies, who are radiantly and sumptuously attired “in flaming purple and refulgent gold,” their ornaments likewise of gold, silver, and all manner of precious stones; for the daughters of Israel are, as on bridal days, all begemmed, bejewelled, and diamonded, stuck over with gems as thick as stars “seen in the galaxy or milky-way.”

    Travels in Morocco 2003

  • Kyrtian exclaimed, seizing the oddly-shaped chunk of metal that Keman had found as if it were made of begemmed gold.

    Elvenborn Lackey, Mercedes 2002

  • She dropped down beside him on the grass outside their tent, both of them staring up at the star-begemmed sky over their heads.

    Elvenborn Lackey, Mercedes 2002

  • In a purple muumuu, braceleted and begemmed, she glided from chair to chair.

    Middlesex Eugenides, Jeffery 2002

  • If it had been something really, truly, serious, the Council would be in the War Room, not the Red Room, robed and begemmed to the teeth and staves or swords in hand.

    The Serpent's Shadow Lackey, Mercedes 2001

  • A more amusing feud was currently on display on the persons of Lady Isend and Duchess Abel; if they piled on much more in the way of jewelry and begemmed trimmings to their gowns, they might not be able to get up again if they fell over.

    Brightly Burning Lackey, Mercedes 2000

  • A Sea Folk woman stared back at her, aghast, with a dozen begemmed rings in her ears and twice as many golden medallions dangling from the chain running to her nose ring.

    A Crown of Swords Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1996

  • Or even half-insect; she caught sight of one with huge, faceted eyes, begemmed antennae, and gently waving butterfly wings.

    Elvenblood Lackey, Mercedes 1995

  • Some held boxes from which dangled strings of jewels, while others held ornate and begemmed candelabras, or single golden candlesticks, and yet others garments across outstretched hands-garments of the finest silks and cloth of gold, into which had been set rubies and emeralds, or scores of tiny brilliants, or thousands of tiny round, gold-veined mirrors.

    Fortress Of Frost And Fire Lackey, Mercedes 1993

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