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begroan en · VERB

Etymology

From Middle English bigronen, bygronen, equivalent to be- (“at, about”) + groan.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To groan about; bewail; groan at.
   • And, why dost thou oft begroan in sorrow Then other times, bid wisdom good morrow? 1914, James Calvin Hooper, Portinia:
   • Yo, guys, I hate to break it to you: It's your own misbegotten will, your dumb choices, your desire to bemoan and begroan your terrible, miserable, luckless fate […] that put you into harm's way. 2008, Lee Robert Schreiber, Poker as Life, page 49:
   • For these deeds' sake do I begroan thy fate. 1902, Robert Browning, The poetical works of Robert Browning:

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