Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Obsolete form of
begrudge .
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Examples
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I heerd Mr. Van Ostend talkin ''bout him to one of the syndicaters -- mebbe they're goin' to work him in with them somehow; anyway, I guess Aurory don't begrutch him a little spendin 'money seein' how easy it come out of the old sheep pasters.
Flamsted quarries Mary E. Waller
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"Wal, I've rid fifteen miles a-purpus to see that dude McAllister, an 'I don't begrutch it, not a mite."
Harrison, Mrs. Burton, 1843-1920. Recollections Grave and Gay 1911
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Some men do as much begrutch others a good Name, as they want one themselves; and perhaps that is the Reason of it.
Part II. Of Envy 1909
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_ I don't begrutch her nothin ', only he says folks hain't a-goin' to pay fancy prices 'thout they hev ther pick.
The Arena Volume 4, No. 23, October, 1891 Various 1888
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We don't any of us begrutch it to ye; and what I came up to say now was, don't you scrimp yourself down there to send home to us.
The Minister's Charge William Dean Howells 1878
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Now you won't begrutch me a favor will you, Peggy?
Margaret 1851
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Indeed, as the Devil does begrutch us all manner of _Good_, so he does annoy us with all manner of _Wo_, as often as he finds himself capable of doing it.
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Some men do as much begrutch others a good Name, as they want one themselves; and perhaps that is the Reason of it.
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Lords Trade, & Lord Townshend; and altho 'you must make a journey of 100 miles to pay your duty to the latter, yet if your uncle & you think it may contribute to the obtaining what I desire, I shall not begrutch your time & charge.
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I beleive you will think I begrutch no pains to bring this young man into the world, for I now send him one and twenty letters for promoting him in his profession.
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