bego
To affect, usually as a good or bad influence, or as a circumstanceTo affect, usually as a good or bad influence, or as a circumstance.
» Take what you have come for, and begone.
Meaning
4 sensesTo affect, usually as a good or bad influence, or as a circumstance.
He was woe begone.
(rare)To go away, to disappear.
(archaic)To go about; encompass; surround; beset, surround with hostile intent; to overrun.
(obsolete)To clothe, dress.
Examples
3 sentencesTake what you have come for, and begone.
I don't want to hear it, begone with you!
ruЯ не хочу этого слышать, поди прочь!
Begone, wretched spawn of Hell's unholy bowels!
ruИзыди, нечестивое порождение кошмарных недр ада!
Origin
From Middle English begon, from Old English begān (“to go over, traverse, get to, come by,From Middle English begon, from Old English begān (“to go over, traverse, get to, come by, fall into, go to, visit, care for, cultivate, inhabit, occupy, surround, beset, overrun, practice, do, engage in, perform, attend to, be diligent about, honor, serve, worship, profess”), from Proto-Germanic *bi + *gāną, corresponding to be- + go. Cognate with Dutch begaan, German begehen, Danish begå.
Back-formation from begone, originally an imperative but now an interjection, construed as a past participle.
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Forms
begoes, begoing, bewent, begoneWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle