different between begay vs begab

English

Etymology

From be- +? gay.

Verb

begay (third-person singular simple present begays, present participle begaying, simple past and past participle begayed)

1. (transitive) To make cheerful or merry.
   • 1985, Percy Grainger, Kay Dreyfus, The farthest north of humanness:

     I find it the finest land & folk yet, finer even than Denmark & the Danes, though truly not so begaying & behopefulling.

Anagrams

• gabey

Maranao

Noun

begay

1. gift

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