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ol; to delude or lead into error; to infatuate; to deceive. This story . . . contrived to befool credulous men. Fuller.

In front of; preceding in space; ahead of; as, to stand before the fire; before the house. His angel, who shall go Before them in a cloud and pillar of fire. Milton.

tion ore preoccupation; in advance; -- often followed by with. Agricola . . . resolves to be beforehand with the danger. Milton. The last cited author has been beforehand with me. Addison.

Formerly; aforetime. [They] dwelt in their tents, as beforetime. 2 Kings xiii. 5.

To befall. [Poetic] I wish all good befortune you. Shak.

To make foul; to soil.

To act as a friend to; to favor; to aid, benefit, or countenance. By the darkness befriended. Longfellow.

Act of befriending. [R.]

To furnish or deck with a frill.

To furnish with a fringe; to form a fringe upon; to adorn as with fringe. Fuller.

To becloud and confuse, as with liquor.

A title of honor in Turkey and in some other parts of the East; a bey.

See Bigha.

To adorn with gems, or as with gems. Begemmed with dewdrops. Sir W. Scott. Those lonely realms bright garden isles begem. Shelley.

o procreate, as a father or sire; to generate; -- commonly said of the father. Yet they a beauteous offspring shall beget. Milton.

One who begets; a father.

Capable of being begged.

One who begs; one who asks or entreats earnestly, or with humility; a petitioner.

The prickly fruit or seed of certain plants (as some species of Echinospermum and Cynoglossum) which cling to the clothing of those who brush by them.

The bur marigold (Bidens) and its achenes, which are armed with barbed awns, and adhere to clothing and fleeces with unpleasant tenacity.