begem
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of begem
Example Sentences
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And threw The wreath upon him like an anadem Which frozen tears instead of pearls begem.
From Adonais by Percy Bysshe Shelley
And as she breathes, with balmy sighs, A fervent blessing over them, The tearful, glistening dews begem The parents' and the children's eyes.
From Poems by Denis Florence MacCarthy
Its children will be as the grains of sand that bar the ocean's waves, or the stars that begem the vault of night.
From Love to the Uttermost Expositions of John XIII.-XXI. by F. B. (Frederick Brotherton) Meyer
Gardens and domes—bazars, begem the woods— Seraglio, harems, peopled solitudes, Where the veil'd idol kneels; and vistas through Barr'd lattices, that give th' enamoured view; Flowers, orange-trees—and waters sparkling near.
From Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833 by John Auldjo
In a purple muumuu, braceleted and begemmed, she glided from chair to chair.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
Many a leaf was begemmed with the blue bodies closely set side by side or in a close cluster.
From My Studio Neighbors by William Hamilton Gibson
"But for your Majesty to put yourself in the king's power?" ventured a courtier, who wore a begemmed torsade and a cloak of Genoa velvet.
From Under the Rose by Frederic Stewart Isham
There was a slight tear in one side of its begemmed surface and, when she shook it, bits of glass fell to the floor.
From The Ambassador by Sam Merwin
There was not a single tree or plant which was not begemmed with flowers.
From Folk-Tales of Bengal by Lal Behari Day
There is no God upon the eternal throne Of stars begemming the bewildering blue Unless one has the eyes to see him.
From Household Gods by Aleister Crowley
But their particular distinction lay in the multitude of stars begemming the background.
From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Agnes M. (Agnes Mary) Clerke
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