• Beghast

    Origin

    From - + ghast. Cognate with German begeistern ("to inspire, excite, thrill").

    Full definition of beghast

    Verb

    1. (transitive) To fill with shock, awe, wonder, or amazement; inspire; enthuse.
      • 1844, Thomas Hood, Hood's magazine and comic miscellany: Volume 1:... And all, but my own heart-wound I Beside me, (as I sat alone, Beghasted with wild dreams), ...
      • 1942, Phil Stong, The iron mountain:"Oh, but Fräulein! You beghast me! Such an honor!"

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