"beworry" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /bɪˈwʌɹi/ Forms: beworries [present, singular, third-person], beworrying [participle, present], beworried [participle, past], beworried [past]
Etymology: From be- + worry. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|be|worry}} be- + worry Head templates: {{en-verb}} beworry (third-person singular simple present beworries, present participle beworrying, simple past and past participle beworried)
  1. (transitive) To worry about. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-beworry-en-verb-Hhotutil
  2. (transitive) To fill with worry; cause to be worried; beset with cares; trouble; vex; harass. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-beworry-en-verb-YYjexAHb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with be- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with be-: 24 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: beworried

Inflected forms

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