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1. be-
a prefix with the original sense “about,”“around,”“all over,” hence having an intensive and often disparaging force; used as a verb formative (becloud; besiege), and often serving to form transitive verbs from intransitives or from nouns:
belabor; befriend; belittle.
Etymology: (ME, OE, unstressed form of bīby1)
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1. be-
a prefix, originally the same word as by;
2. be-
to intensify the meaning; as, bespatter, bestir
3. be-
to render an intransitive verb transitive; as, befall (to fall upon); bespeak (to speak for)
4. be-
to make the action of a verb particular or definite; as, beget (to get as offspring); beset (to set around)
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