† begorev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To besmear with gore.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > soil [verb (transitive)] > stain or smear with blood
bebloodyc1210
bebleedc1230
begore?1518
blood1522
imbrue1529
bloody1530
gore1566
engore1593
sanguine1610
gild1614
beblood1623
bleed1634
ensanguine1667
bloodstain1798
vermilion1817
imbue1850
?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.iv A bocher..All be gored in reed blode.
1573 T. Twyne tr. Virgil in T. Phaer & T. Twyne tr. Virgil Whole .xii. Bks. Æneidos x. G g j The corps he liftes, begoaring all with blood.
1614 J. Sylvester Bethulia's Rescue vi 156 The Sword Which had so oft the groaning Earth begor'd.
Derivatives
beˈgored adj.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [adjective] > stained > stained or smeared with blood
redOE
bloodyOE
drearyOE
weta1300
bloodedc1300
bleedingc1305
forbled1387
gory?a1500
cruent1524
purpled1561
brued1563
beweltered1565
bloodied1566
beblubbered1582
purple1590
bloodstained1594
ensanguined1628
blood-bedabbled1629
cruentous1648
cruentate1661
begored1683
sanguined1700
bluggy1876
1683 T. Tryon Way to Health 445 To think of putting those be-gored Gobbits into our Mouthes.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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