Begrimer

A person who begrimes another. Begrudge', v. a. To grudge: to envy the po e ion of. Begshehr, ( beg - sher ', a river, lake, and town of Turkey in Asia, prov. of Karamania. The lake is about 20 m. long, and from 5 to 10 broad, containing many small islands. It is supposed to be the ancient Car a lites. Begta's hi, n. A religious order in the Ottoman empire, which had its origin in the 14th cent. The name is believed to be derived from that of a celebrated dervish, Hadji Begtash, to whom also the order appears to owe its institution. The members use secret signs and pa words as means of recognition, in the same way as is done by the Masonic orders, some of them indeed appearing to be identical with those of freemasonry. Although numbering many you sands of influential persons in its ranks, the society does not appear to exercise any material influence in the religion or politics of Turkey. Beguile, (be-gil,) v. a. [be and guile. See GUILE.] To impose on by guile, artifice, or craft; to delude; to deceive. "Aad often did beguile her of her tears."-Shaks. -To elude, evade, or cheat by craft, or artifice. "When misery could beguile the tyrant's rage."-Shaks. -To wile away; to pa pleasantly; to amuse. "With these sometimes she doth her time beguile ; These do by fits her phantasy po e ."-Sir J. Davies. Beguile'ment, n. Act of beguiling or deceiving. Beguil'er, n. A person who, or anything which, beguiles, evades, or deceives. Beguil'ingly, adv . In manner to beguile or deceive. Beguilt'y, v. a. [be and guilty .] To make guilty. (0. & R.) Beguinage, ( ba'ğeen - azh ',) n. [Fr.; Ger. Beguinenhäu ser .] A convent of Beguines. Beguines, Begut'tæ, ( bā'jeens,) n. pl. [Fr.] ( Eccl . Hist.) An order of "praying ladies," as Mosheim styles them, which rose in the Netherlands, and spread through France and Germany during the 12th and 13th centuries. They were pious women, virgins, or widows, who formed themselves into societies, under the direction of a snperior of their own sex. The first establishment of which any record remains was at Nivelles, in Brabant, founded, according to some authorities, in 1207, and, according to others, in 1224. They soon became so numerous that Matthew Paris speaks of 2,000 Beguines in Cologne and its neighborhood, about the year 1243. They are still to be met with in some parts of France, Holland, and Germany, where they devote themselves to attendance on the sick, and the education of young females.