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Definition of Begone
1. interj. Go away; depart; get you gone.
2. p. p. Surrounded; furnished; beset; environed (as in woe- begone).
Definition of Begone
1. Interjection. Expressing a desire for someone or something to go away. ¹
2. Verb. (past participle of bego) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Begone
1. used as an order of dismissal [interj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Begone
Literary usage of Begone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Songs of Three Centuries by John Greenleaf Whittier (1890)
"begone DULL CARE I begone dull care! Thou and 1 can never agree. Long while thou
hast been tarrying here, 1 prithee begone from me: begone dull care ! ..."
2. The Universal Songster: Or, Museum of Mirth: Forming the Most Complete (1834)
"begone, you saucy fellow." The noble Captain oft would cry, " My love, my soul,
and jewel ! Now, mind you meet me by and by. Beware, and don't be cruel. ..."
3. The Heart of Oak Books by Kate Stephens, Charles Eliot Norton (1906)
"I prythee begone from me: begone, dull care ! thou and I shall never agree.
Long time thou hast been tarrying here, And fain thou wouldst me kill; ..."
4. Cavour and the Making of Modern Italy, 1810-1861 by Pietro ORSI (1914)
"CHAPTER XV "begone FROM ITALIA, o STRANGER, begone!" The war of 1859: Palestro,
Magenta, Solferino and San Martino— Cavour as Foreign Minister, ..."
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