"begaze" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: begazes [present, singular, third-person], begazing [participle, present], begazed [participle, past], begazed [past]
Etymology: From be- (“at, over, around”) + gaze. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|be|gaze|t1=at, over, around}} be- (“at, over, around”) + gaze Head templates: {{en-verb}} begaze (third-person singular simple present begazes, present participle begazing, simple past and past participle begazed)
  1. (transitive) To gaze at. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-begaze-en-verb-Dag4AXmY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with be-

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for begaze meaning in English (2.0kB)

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