bewet 
bewet 1 (be-wef), v. t. 
540 
ppr. 
pret. and pp. bewetted, 
< ME. bewetcn, < be- + 
wet.] To wet ; moisten. 
The more he considered it, the more bewitching foe 
scene appeared to him. Sterne, Tristram Shandy, ii. 5. 
bewitchingly (be-wich'ing-li), adv. In a be- 
His napkin with his true te^an^^^.^^ ^J^^wich'ing-ne.), n. The 
bewet'-' bewit (bu'et, -it), . [< late ME. bew- quality which makes a person or thing be- 
ctte dim. of OF. beue, bite, earlier buic, boie, a witching. 
collar, chain, fetter, < L. boia; a collar for the bewitchment (be-wich'ment), n. [< bemteh + 
neck, whence also nit. E. buoy, q. v.] In //- -.] Fascination; power of charming ; the 
conry, the leather with which the bell was at- ff ta of witchcraft, 
tached to a hawk's leg. [Commonly in the 
plural.] 
bewhisper (be-hwis'per), i'. t. [< be- 1 + whis- 
/).] To whisper. Fairfax. [Rare.] 
bewhoret (be-hor'), v. t. [< ftc-l + whore.] 
To make a whore of. Beau, and FI. 2. 
call or pronounce a whore. Shak. 
bewield. (be-weld'), v. t. [< ME. beweltlen^ 
beyond 
bey 1 (ba), . [= F. Sp. bey, < Turk, bey, beg = 
Pers. baig, a lord : see be;/ 2 , bcr/lerbcg, and fce- 
(/(.] 1. The governor of a minor province 
or sanjak of the Turkish empire. 2. A title 
of respect given in Turkey to members of 
To 
effects of witchcraft. 
I will counterfeit the bewitchment of some popular man, 
and give it bountifully to the desirers. Shak., Cor., ii. 3. 
To wash in May dew guards against bewitchment. 
Keary, Prim. Belief, p. 378. 
be- + weld'en, wield: see be- 1 and wield.] To 
wield, handle, or control ; manage. J. Hum- 
son. [Bare.] 
bewigged (be-wigd'), p. a. [< be- 1 + wigged.] 
Wearing a wig. 
Ancient ladies and bewigged gentlemen seemed hurry- 
inc to enjoy a social cup of tea. 
L. 31. Alcott, Hospital Sketches, p. 20. 
bewilder (be-wil'der), v. t. [< be- 1 + wilder: 
see wilder.] ' 1. To confuse as to direction or 
situation; cause to lose the proper road or 
course: as, the intricacy of the streets bewil- 
dered him ; to be bewildered in the woods. 
Can this be the bird, to man so good, 
That, after their bewildering, 
Covered with leaves the little children, 
So painfully in the wood ? 
Wordsworth, Redbreast Chasing the Butterfly. 
2. To lead into perplexity or confusion ; per- 
plex; puzzle; confuse. 
Bewildering odors floating, dulled her sense, 
And killed her fear. 
William Morris, Earthly Paradise, I. 259. 
We have elementary disturbances of consciousness in 
diseases of the mind, such as epileptic states, ecstacy, 
. . . and the bewildered state of the mind in paralytic de- 
mentia. E. C. Mann, Psychol. Med., p. 35. 
= Syn. To confound, confuse, mystify, nonplus. 
bewilderedness (be-wil'derd-nes), n. 
state of being bewildered; bewilderment. 
bewilderingly (be-wil'der-ing-li), adv. In a 
bewildering manner ; so as to bewilder, 
bewilderment (be-wil'der-ment), n. [< beioil- 
der + -ment.] Tne state of being bewildered. 
Thought was arrested by utter bewilderment. 
George Eliot, Silas Marner, ii. 
bewimple (be-wim'pl), v. t. [< ME. bewimplen 
(= D. bcwimpelen), < be- + wimpelen, wimple : 
see be- 1 and wimple.] To cover with a wimple ; 
veil. Gower. 
bewinter (be-win'ter), v. t. [< be- 1 + winter.] 
To make like winter. 
Tears that bewinter all my year. 
Cowley, Sleep. 
bewit, n. See beweft. 
bewitch (be-wich'), v. t. [< ME. bewicchen, bi- 
wiechen, < "be- + wicchen, witch: see be- 1 and 
witch, i'.] 1. To subject to the influence of 
witchcraft; affect by witchcraft or sorcery; 
throw a charm or spell over. 
Look how I am beu'itch'd ; behold, mine arm 
Is, like a blasted sapling, wither'd up. 
Shak., Rich. III., iii. 4. 
2. To charm ; fascinate ; please to such a de- 
gree as to take away the power of resistance. 
Love doth bewitch and strangely change us. 
Burton, Anat. of Mel., p. 468. 
The charms of poetry our souls bewitch. 
Dryden, tr. of Juvenal's Satires. 
His [Tennyson's] verses still bewitch youths and artists 
by their sentiments and beauty, but their thought takes 
hold of thinkers and men of the world. 
Stedman, Viet. Poets, p. 160. 
stitute. [Scotch.] 
bewonder (be-wun'der), v. t. [< fee- 1 + wonder; 
= D. bewonderen = G. bewundern, admire.] 1. 
To fill with wonder ; amaze. 
Seeing his astonishment, 
How he bewondered was. 
Fairfax, tr. of Tasso, x. 17. 
2. To wonder at ; admire. 
beworkt (by-werk'), v. t. [< ME. bewurchen, < 
AS. bewyrcan (= D. bewerken = G. beicirken = 
Dan. bevirke), work, work in, adorn, < be- + 
wyrcan, work: see be- 1 and toorfc.] To work, 
as with thread ; embroider. 
the rank of major, the wealthy gen- 
try, and, by courtesy, to eminent foreigners. 
We therefore rode out of Beyront as a pair of Syrian 
Beys. B. Taylor, Lands of the Saracen, p. 33. 
3. The title usually given by foreigners to the 
former Mohammedan rulers of Tunis. 
Frequently written beg. 
bey-t, ' A Middle English form of buy. 
beyetet, '' t. A Middle English form of beget. 
beylerbey (ba'ler-ba'), n. [< Turk, beylerbey, 
beglcrbeg, prince of princes, lit. ' bey of beys.'] 
The title of the governor-general of a province 
of the Turkish empire, ranking next to the 
grand vizir, and so called because he has under 
him the beys at the head of the several san- 
jaks or districts composing his province. Also 
written beglcrbeg. 
beylerbeylik (ba'ler-ba'lik), n. [Turk., < bey- 
Icrbei/ + -lik, a common noun formative; cf. 
bcylik.] The territory governed by a beyler- 
bey. Also beglerbeglik or beglcrbeglic. 
beylik (ba'lik), n. [Turk., < bey, a bey, + -lik; 
cf. beylerbeylik.] The district ruled by a bey. 
_ 1152 beyond (be-yond'), prep, and adv. [< ME. be- 
..,,.,,......,.. ... i/onde, bcyendc, etc., < AS. beneondan, ( be, by, 
Smocks all beuvought. B. Jonson, Masque of Owls, y^'" ' ^y^" ", *^ > j t ^ ji 
bewpers, n. See beaupers. prep., across, over, beyond (= Goth, jdins, 
bewrap(be-rap'),t>. .;pret. and pp. bewrapped, on ^ er ) + .,, adv- su ffi x: see 6c-2 and yon, 
bewrapt, ppr. bewrapping. ^ [< ME. bewrappen, J yonder j j prep _ l. On or to the other side of: 
as, beyond the river; beyond the horizon ; "be- 
yond that naming hill," G. Fletcher, Christ's 
Victory and Triumph. 
We send our best commodities beyond the seas. 
Burton, Auat. of Mel., To the Reader, p. 59. 
2. Further on than ; more distant than : as, a 
mile beyond the river; a hundred miles be- 
yond Omaha ; he never could get beyond simple 
also bewrabben (with var. bewlappen), < be- 
wrappen, wrap: see fee- 1 and wrap.] To wrap 
up; clothe; envelop. 
His sword, . . . 
Bewrapt with flowers, hung idlie by his side. 
Fairfax, tr. of Tasso, xvi. 30. 
i, biwreyen, 
biruogan, MHG. beriigen), < be- + wraien, wrey- 
en, obs. E. teray, disclose, reveal, < AS. wre- 
The gan, accuse (= OFries. ivrogia, wreia = OS. wro- 
gian = D. wroegen, accuse, = OHG. ruogen, 
MHG. ruegen, G.rugen, censure, = Icel. ragja, 
slander, = Sw. riija, betray, = Goth, wrohjan, 
accuse), from a noun repr. by Goth, wrohs, an 
accusation, = Icel. rog, a slander. Somewhat 
affected in sense by betray, a quite different 
word.] 1. To accuse; malign. 2. To re- 
veal ; divulge ; make known ; declare. 
Write down thy mind, bewray thy meaning. 
Shak., T. of A., ii. 6. 
Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he 
heareth cursing and bewrayeth it not. Prov. xxix. 24. 
3. To disclose or reveal (the identity or the 
secrets of a person) perfidiously or prejudi- 
cially; betray; expose. 
Thou beivreiest alle secrenesse. 
Chaucer, Man of Law's Tale, 1. 675. 
For feare to be enforced by torments to bewray Us con- 
federates. Kiwlles, Hist. Turks, p. 7. (ff. E. D.) 
Like slaves you sold your souls for golden dross, 
Bewraying her to death. 
bewitchedness (be-wicht'nes),. \_<bewitched, 
pp. of bewitch, + -ness.] The state of being be- 
blwitcher (be-wich'er), n. One who bewitches b . e T^ n .? lyt (bf ^'^^ 
or fascinates. 
Hide the outcast, bewray not him that wandereth, is 
the simplest lesson of common humanity. 
W. Phillips, Speeches, p. 97. 
4. To reveal or disclose unintentionally or in- 
cidentally ; show the presence or true character 
of; show or make visible. 
The ointment of his right hand which bewrayeth itself. 
Prov. xxvii. 16. 
Thy speech bewrayeth thee. Mat. xxvi. 73. 
[Bewray is still sometimes used, especially in 
poetry, as an archaic word.] 
bewrayert (be-ra'er), n. A betrayer or- di- 
vulger. 
A bewrayer of secrets. Addison, Spectator, No. 225. 
In a manner 
to bewray. 
bewraymentt (be-ra'ment), n. [< bewray + 
charm. [Bare.] 
fascination; 
There is a certain bewitchery or fascination in words. 
South, Works, II. ix. 
bewitchful (be-wich'ful), a. [< bewitch + -ful 
(irregularly suffixed to a verb).] Alluring; 
fascinating. [Bare.] 
Ill, more bewitchful to entice away. Milton, Letters. 
bewitching (be-wich'ing), a. [Ppr. of beicitch.] 
Having power to bewitch or fascinate ; fasci- 
nating; charming: as, " bewitching tenderness," beWTOUghtt (be-rdf). 
Addison, Spectator, No. 223. of bework. 
The act of bewrayin^ 
bewreken, < 
be- + wreken, wreak. Cf. AS. bewrecan, exile, 
send forth: see be- 1 and wreak.] To avenge; 
revenge. 
Thus much am I bewreke. 
Chaucer, Prol. to Wife of Bath's Tale (ed. Speght), 1. 809. 
bewreckt (be-rek'), v. t. [< be- 1 + wreck. Cf. 
AS. bewrecan, drive or bring to, of ships : see 
be- 1 and wreck. ] To ruin ; destroy. 
Yet was I, or I parted thence, bewreckt. Mir. for Mags. 
equations. 
So far your knowledge all their power transcends, 
As what should be beyond what is extends. 
Dryden, Prol. to Univ. of Oxford, 1. 39. 
It is not necessary to look beyond Nature or beyond ex- 
perience in order to find that unique Object of which the- 
ology speaks. J. R. Seeley, Nat. Religion, p. 52. 
3. Past in time ; later than : as, a day beyond 
the proper time. 4. At a place or time not 
yet reached by ; before ; ahead or in advance of. 
What's fame? A fancied life in others' breath ; 
A thing beyond us, even before our death. 
Pope, Essay on Man, iv. 238. 
5. Out of reach of; outside of the capacity, 
limits, or sphere of; past : as, beyond our power; 
beyond comprehension ; that is beyond me. 
We bring a welcome to the highest lessons of religion 
and of poetry out of all proportion beyond our skill to 
teach. Emerson, Success. 
That the Antarctic continent has a flat and even sur- 
face, the character of the icebergs shows beyond dispute. 
J. Croll, Climate and Cosmology, p. 74. 
6. Above: superior to; in or to a degree 
which rivals, exceeds, or surpasses, as in dig- 
nity, excellence, or quality of any kind. 
Beyond any of the great men of my country. 
Sir P. Sidney. 
Dangle. Egad, we were just speaking of your tragedy. 
Admirable, Sir Fretful, admirable ! 
Sneer. You never did anything beyond it, Sir Fretful 
never in your life. Sheridan, The Critic, i. 1. 
She is beautiful beyond the race of women. 
Steele, Spectator, No. 113. 
7. More than; in excess of ; over and above. 
O, I've been vexed 
And tortured with him beyond forty fevers. 
B. Jonson, Poetaster, iii. 1. 
He [Pitt] refused to accept one farthing beyond the sal- 
ary which the law had annexed to his office. 
Macaulay, William Pitt. 
Beyond all. See all. Beyond seas, out of the country; 
abroad. To go beyond, to exceed in operation, ability, 
attainment, or the like ; hence, in a bad sense, to deceive 
or circumvent. 
That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any 
matter. 1 Thes. iv. 6. 
The king has gone beyond me ; all my glories 
In that one woman I have lost for ever. 
Shak., Hen. VIII., iii. 2. 
To go beyond one's self, to be much excited by any- 
thing ; be beside one's self. Nares. 
II. adv. At a distance ; yonder. 
Beyond he lyeth, languishing. Spenser, F. Q., III. i. 38. 
Obsolete past participle beyond (be-yond'), That place or state 
which lies on the other side; an experience or 
