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begob | bego |

As an interjection begob

is (dated|dialectal|ireland) by god.

As a verb bego is

(archaic) to go about; encompass; surround; beset, surround with hostile intent; to overrun.

As a noun bego is

that which besets, surrounds, compasses, or affects; situation; circumstance.

begob

English

Interjection

(en interjection)
  • (dated, dialectal, Ireland) by God
  • * {{quote-book, year=1894, author=Arthur Morrison, title=Martin Hewitt, Investigator, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=I spake to the polis, an' they laff at me, begob . }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=P. G. Wodehouse, title=Right Ho, Jeeves, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Two Irishmen, Pat and Mike, were walking along Broadway, and one said to the other, 'Begorrah, the race is not always to the swift,' and the other replied, 'Faith and begob , education is a drawing out, not a putting in.'" }}
  • * 1922 , (James Joyce), '' Episode 12, ''The Cyclops
    • So anyhow Terry brought the three pints Joe was standing and begob the sight nearly left my eyes when I saw him land out a quid O, as true as I'm telling you

    bego

    English

    Verb

  • (archaic) To go about; encompass; surround; beset, surround with hostile intent; to overrun.
  • *1485 , Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur , Book V:
  • *:Thy prysemen ar sore begone and put undir, for they ar oversette with Sarazens mo than fyve hondred.
  • *1892 , Albany Law Journal - Volumes 44-45 - Page 166:
    • False love, I bego', I ' bego . Ere something still worse come down.
  • *1902 , Carolyn Wells, Abeniki Caldwell: A Burlesque Historical Novel - Page 178 :
    • He bewent speedily, and as he vanished I heard him again calling, " Not she, not she ! Ha, ha ! "
  • *2013 , Ambrose Bierce, Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce :
    • They bewent , asmirking, And I, awakening, fell straight aworking.
  • (obsolete) To clothe, dress.
  • To affect, usually as a good or bad influence, or as a circumstance.
  • :He was woe begone .

    • Noun

    (begoes)
  • That which besets, surrounds, compasses, or affects; situation; circumstance.
  • *2011 , Loretto Gubernatis, Dimitrius and the Gladiolas :
    • “As I was passing by a vineyard on the Earth where some of mankind were taking their lunch, I heard them complaining and grumbling about these things they called 'ants'. Oh the woes and begoes of mankind,” smiled the good lord.

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