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 Shelley, Percy Bysshe
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 Meyer, F. B. (Frederick Brotherton)
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 MacCarthy, Denis Florence
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 Auldjo, John
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