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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

beglue en · VERB

Etymology

From be- + glue.

Meanings

  1. (rare, transitive) To smear with glue; (by extension) to stick,
    • lyme (sticky, sticking) part. pres. of lymen, to lime, to begum, beglue that which touches it. 1840, John Bellenden Ker, Essay on the Archaeology of Our Popular Phrases:
    • Most of Mr. Timbs's innumerable notes are as well provided as our little summer friends, and will beglue themselves accordingly to multitudes of memories. 1856, The London Quarterly Review, volume 6, page 286:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
beglued Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
beglued Tense=Past lexicographic
beglues Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
beglueing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part uncommon lexicographic
begluing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic