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Definition: BEGNAWED

Part of Speech Definition
Verb 1. Of Begnaw.[Websters].
Verb Past Tense 1. Seldom used past tense conjugation of the verb begnaw.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(begnaw)
1. To gnaw; to eat away; to corrode.[Websters].
2. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: begnawing, begnawed, begnaws, begnawer, begnawers, begnawingly and begnawedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Begnawed" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: BEGNAWED

Part of SpeechDefinition
Verb1. Of Begnaw.[Websters].
Verb Past Tense1. Seldom used past tense conjugation of the verb begnaw.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(begnaw)
1. To gnaw; to eat away; to corrode.[Websters].
2. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: begnawing, begnawed, begnaws, begnawer, begnawers, begnawingly and begnawedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "BEGNAWED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Specialty Definition: begnaw

DomainDefinition
Noah Webster [Verb] benaw'. To bite or gnaw, to eat away; to corrode; to nibble. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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