v. [f. BE- 6 + GIFT sb.] trans. † 1. To entrust. Obs. 2. To present with gifts.
a. 1400. Octouian, 675. Thefe, where haste thou my oxen done, That y the be-gyfte?
c. 1500. in Hazl., E. P. P., IV. 196. The friendes that were together met, Be-gyfted them richely.
1837. Carlyle, Fr. Rev. (1857), II. II. V. x. 81. They are harangued, bedinnered, begifted, the very Court … contributing something.
