"begnaw" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /bɪˈnɔː/ Forms: begnaws [present, singular, third-person], begnawing [participle, present], begnawed [past], begnawed [participle, past], begnawn [participle, past]
Rhymes: -ɔː Etymology: From Middle English *begnawen, from Old English begnagan (“to begnaw, gnaw all over”), equivalent to be- + gnaw. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*begnawen}} Middle English *begnawen, {{inh|en|ang|begnagan||to begnaw, gnaw all over}} Old English begnagan (“to begnaw, gnaw all over”), {{prefix|en|be|gnaw}} be- + gnaw Head templates: {{en-verb|past_ptc2=begnawn}} begnaw (third-person singular simple present begnaws, present participle begnawing, simple past begnawed, past participle begnawed or begnawn)
  1. (transitive, archaic) To gnaw; to eat away at. Tags: archaic, transitive

Inflected forms

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