Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to begnaw
Participle: begnawed
Gerund: begnawing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | begnaw |
| you | begnaw |
| he;she;it | begnaws |
| we | begnaw |
| you | begnaw |
| they | begnaw |
Perfect
| I | have begnawed |
| you | have begnawed |
| he;she;it | has begnawed |
| we | have begnawed |
| you | have begnawed |
| they | have begnawed |
Past
| I | begnawed |
| you | begnawed |
| he;she;it | begnawed |
| we | begnawed |
| you | begnawed |
| they | begnawed |
Pluperfect
| I | had begnawed |
| you | had begnawed |
| he;she;it | had begnawed |
| we | had begnawed |
| you | had begnawed |
| they | had begnawed |
Future
| I | will begnaw |
| you | will begnaw |
| he;she;it | will begnaw |
| we | will begnaw |
| you | will begnaw |
| they | will begnaw |
Future Perfect
| I | will have begnawed |
| you | will have begnawed |
| he;she;it | will have begnawed |
| we | will have begnawed |
| you | will have begnawed |
| they | will have begnawed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | begnaw |
| you | begnaw |
| he;she;it | begnaw |
| we | begnaw |
| you | begnaw |
| they | begnaw |
Perfect
| I | have begnawed |
| you | have begnawed |
| he;she;it | have begnawed |
| we | have begnawed |
| you | have begnawed |
| they | have begnawed |
Imperfect
| I | begnawed |
| you | begnawed |
| he;she;it | begnawed |
| we | begnawed |
| you | begnawed |
| they | begnawed |
Pluperfect
| I | had begnawed |
| you | had begnawed |
| he;she;it | had begnawed |
| we | had begnawed |
| you | had begnawed |
| they | had begnawed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would begnaw |
| you | would begnaw |
| he;she;it | would begnaw |
| we | would begnaw |
| you | would begnaw |
| they | would begnaw |
Perfect
| I | would have begnawed |
| you | would have begnawed |
| he;she;it | would have begnawed |
| we | would have begnawed |
| you | would have begnawed |
| they | would have begnawed |
Imperative
| you | begnaw |
| we | Let's begnaw |
| you | begnaw |
Verbs conjugated like 'begnaw'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'begnaw'
beclaw,
bedaw,
begab,
begay,
beggar,
beknow,
benew,
besnew,
besnow,
gnaw,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English *begnawen, from Old English begnagan (“to begnaw, gnaw all over”), equivalent to be- + gnaw. See: Old English '
begnagan'.
Sample Sentences
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The worm of conscience still begnaw thy soul. [c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:]
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[…] that man might see, / What worm begnaws — that vital core concealing / All its vile, consumptive bane, […] [1832, Thomas Holley Chivers, The Path of Sorrow, Or, The Lament of Youth: A Poem, page 90:]
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Above him hangs, all torn, tattered, and rat-begnawed, "A View of the Gold Mines of Peru." [1860, William Hogarth: Painter, Engraver and Philosopher; Essays on the Man, the Work, and the Time, VII, A History of Hard Work, in The Cornhill Magazine, volume 2, issues 7-12, page 238]
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melancoly and begnawed palms [1979 February 3, “Anabel Millet Lee (personal advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 27, page 13:]