Meaning of begem | Babel Free

Definitions

To adorn (as if) with gems.

Examples

“Our Grove we illuminate, glorious to see, With glittering Glow-worms begemming each Tree;”

“One […] threw The wreath upon him, like an anadem, Which frozen tears instead of pearls begem;”

“Time was, when a stage manager would spend hundreds of thousands of francs to begem with real emeralds the throne upon which a great actress would play the part of an empress.”

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