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单词 begnaw
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begnawv.

/bɪˈnɔː/
Forms: Past participle 1500s begnawn.
Etymology: Old English begnagan , < be- prefix 1 + gnagan to gnaw v.
transitive. To gnaw at; to corrode; to nibble.
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the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > cause bad condition in [verb (transitive)] > eat away
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a1000 Martyrol. 9 July (Bosw.).
1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos iii. G ij b The pray..begnawn ful fowle they leaue.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. iii. 219 The worme of conscience still begnaw thy soule. View more context for this quotation
1880 T. E. Webb tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust i. iii. 87 Commands thee [i.e. a rat]..yonder threshold spell begnaw.
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