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To intensify the meaning;
as, .be spatter,be stir -
To render an intransitive verb transitive;
as, .be fall (to fall upon);be speak (to speak for) -
To make the action of a verb particular or definite;
as, .be get (to get as offspring);be set (to set around)
It is joined with certain substantives, and a few adjectives, to form verbs; as, bedew, befriend, benight, besot; belate (to make late); belittle (to make little). It also occurs in certain nouns, adverbs, and prepositions, often with something of the force of the preposition by, or about; as, belief (believe), behalf, bequest (bequeath); because, before, beneath, beside, between.
In some words the original force of be is obscured or lost; as, in become, begin, behave, behoove, belong.
