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Definition of Begnaw
1. v. t. To gnaw; to eat away; to corrode.
Definition of Begnaw
1. Verb. (transitive) To gnaw; to eat away; to corrode. ¹
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Definition of Begnaw
1. to gnaw [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: gnaw
Lexicographical Neighbors of Begnaw
Literary usage of Begnaw
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Much Ado about Nothing by William Shakespeare (1905)
"222 : ' The worm of conscience still begnaw thy soul!' The reference is to Mark ix.
48: ' Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1840)
"Here, day and night, I sit begirt By heaps of literary dirt Which worms begnaw
and smoke be- stains, And waste away my baffled brains— Here where God's very ..."
3. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"To begnaw, (be-naw') t>. a. To bite ; to eat away. BEGOT, (be-gct') } The part.
pass, of BEGOTTEN, (be-gct'-tn) J the verb beget. ..."
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