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begem

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[bih-jem] / bɪˈdʒɛm /

verb (used with object)

begemmed, begemming
  1. to cover with gems.


Etymology

Origin of begem

First recorded in 1740–50; be- + gem


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

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

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

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

In a purple muumuu, braceleted and begemmed, she glided from chair to chair.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

Gaston was so glossy and beruffled and begemmed, that they gazed with awe upon the French Adonis.

From Shawl-Straps A Second Series of Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag by Louisa May Alcott

Thus cut off into fragments, that mace with its begemmed bonds and knots all severed, fell on the Earth like a she-snake helplessly hurled down by somebody.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Kisari Mohan Ganguli

"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 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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