Dictionary

beguilt en · VERB · etymology 1

Etymology

From Middle English begilten, equivalent to be- + guilt.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To make guilty; cause to sin.
   • "Why mangelest thou a wretched man? O spare me in my tomb! Spare to beguilt thy righteous hand, Æneas! […]" 1977, Basil Davenport, The portable Roman reader:
   • Why should I fear, I know not; since guiltiness I know not. I will not reason what is meant hereby, because I will beguilt less of the meaning. 1791, Samuel Ayscough, An index to the remarkable passages and words made use of by Shakespeare:
2. (transitive) To impute with guilt or fault; blame; accuse.
   • […] and albeit Einar were old, yet he threw himself into this case, and beguilted the sons of Thorgrim to the full at the Thorsness-thing. 1911, William Morris, May Morris, The Collected Works of William Morris:
   • […] for they deemed that he was long-grudging, even in lesser matters than those wherein Kalf had done to beguilt him with the king. 1895, Eiríkr Magnússon, William Morris, The Saga library:

Forms

beguilt en · VERB · etymology 2

Etymology

From begild.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of begilt.
   alt of begilt