"beguilt" meaning in English

See beguilt in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: beguilts [present, singular, third-person], beguilting [participle, present], beguilted [participle, past], beguilted [past]
Etymology: From Middle English begilten, equivalent to be- + guilt. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|begilten}} Middle English begilten, {{prefix|en|be|guilt}} be- + guilt Head templates: {{en-verb}} beguilt (third-person singular simple present beguilts, present participle beguilting, simple past and past participle beguilted)
  1. (transitive) To make guilty; cause to sin. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-beguilt-en-verb-oyslP~bH Categories (other): English terms prefixed with be- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with be-: 58 42
  2. (transitive) To impute with guilt or fault; blame; accuse. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-beguilt-en-verb-phcv9POL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Etymology: From begild. Head templates: {{head|en|verb}} beguilt
  1. Alternative form of begilt Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: begilt
    Sense id: en-beguilt-en-verb-cmsX~dzo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 14 75 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 13 73 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 8 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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