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The governor of a province of the Ottoman empire, next in dignity to the grand vizier.

To exalt to the dignity of a god; to deify. [Obs.] "Begodded saints." South.

Go away; depart; get you gone.

To besmear with gore.

To bury; also, to engrave. [Obs.] Gower.

To manage or govern in point of behavior; to discipline; to handle; to restrain. [Obs.] He did behave his anger ere 't was spent. Shak.

Manner of behaving, whether good or bad; mode of conducting one's self; conduct; deportment; carriage; -- used also of inanimate objects; as, the behavior of a ship in a storm; the behavior of the magnetic needle. A gentleman that is very singular in his behavior. Steele. To be upon one's good behavior, To be put upon…

the eyes. When he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived. Num. xxi. 9. Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. John. i. 29.

Advantage; behoof. [Obs.] It shall not be to his behoove. Gower.

The Babylonian name of the god known among the Hebrews as Baal. See Baal. Baruch vi. 41.

Good friend; dear friend. [Obs.] Chaucer.

ountry between the Rhine, the Seine, and the ocean. How unlike their Belgic sires of old. Goldsmith.

cts xxvi. Often followed by a dependent clause. I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. Acts viii. 37.

One who gives credit to the truth of the Scriptures, as a revelation from God; a Christian; -- in a more restricted sense, one who receives Christ as his Savior, and accepts the way of salvation unfolded in the gospel. Thou didst open the Kingdom of Heaven to all believers. Book of Com. Prayer.

A woman excelling both in beauty and goodness; a fair maid. [Obs.] Spenser.

The goddess of war.

Good cheer; viands. [Obs.] "Bellycheer and banquets." Rowlands. "Loaves and bellycheer." Milton.

One whose great pleasure it is to gratify his appetite; a glutton; an epicure.

ern or proper business or function of; to appertain to. "Do not interpretations belong to God " Gen. xl. 8.

That which belongs to one; that which pertains to one; hence, goods or effects. "Thyself and thy belongings." Shak.