different between began vs begab

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, UK) IPA^(key): /b???æn/
• (General American, US) IPA^(key): /b???æn/
• Rhymes: -æn
• Hyphenation: be?gan

Verb

began

1. simple past tense of begin
2. (obsolete) past participle of begin

Derived terms

• beganst

Anagrams

• Bange, abeng, benga

Middle Dutch

Verb

began

1. first/third-person singular past indicative of beginnen

Old English

Etymology

From be- +? g?n. Cognate with Old High German big?n.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /be????n/

Verb

beg?n

1. to bego, go over, traverse; get to, come by, fall into
2. to go to, visit, care for, cultivate, affect

3. to occupy, inhabit, dwell, surround, besiege, overrun

4. to practise, do, engage in, perform, commit, exercise, attend to, be diligent about, honor, serve, worship, profess; pledge, devote, train oneself

Conjugation

Derived terms

• forebeg?n
• misbeg?n
• unbeg?n

Descendants

• Middle English: bigon, begon
  • English: bego

References

• John R. Clark Hall (1916) , “beg?n”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan.
• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) , “beg?n”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

English

Etymology

From Middle English bigabben, equivalent to be- (“over, at, about”) +? gab. Cognate with Swedish begabba.

Verb

begab (third-person singular simple present begabs, present participle begabbing, simple past and past participle begabbed)

1. (transitive) To deceive; mock.
   • 1974, Richard Gardner, Richard Cummings, The adventures of Don Juan:

     "You begabbed her, of course. A tit for a tattle is her bargain. And then?"

2. (transitive) To gab about; talk over; report from one (person) to another.

German

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?p

Verb

begab

1. first/third-person singular preterite of begeben