"beghost" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: beghosts [present, singular, third-person], beghosting [participle, present], beghosted [participle, past], beghosted [past]
Etymology: From be- + ghost. Compare bespirit, beghast. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|be|ghost}} be- + ghost, {{l|en|bespirit}} bespirit, {{l|en|beghast}} beghast Head templates: {{en-verb}} beghost (third-person singular simple present beghosts, present participle beghosting, simple past and past participle beghosted)
  1. (transitive) To endow with a spirit or ghost; haunt. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-beghost-en-verb-vs1m-PqM Categories (other): English terms prefixed with be- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with be-: 45 55
  2. (transitive) To make a ghost of; teach (one) how to play a ghost. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-beghost-en-verb-YHuoWhfl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with be- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with be-: 45 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: beghosted Related terms: beghast

Inflected forms

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