Beguilt

From Middle English begilten, equivalent to - + guilt.

Full definition of beguilt

Verb

1. (transitive) To make guilty; cause to sin.
• 1791, Samuel Ayscough, An index to the remarkable passages and words made use of by Shakespeare:Why should I fear, I know not; since guiltiness I know not. I will not reason what is meant hereby, because I will beguilt less of the meaning.
• 1977, Basil Davenport, The portable Roman reader:"Why mangelest thou a wretched man? O spare me in my tomb! Spare to beguilt thy righteous hand, Æneas! ..."
2. (transitive) To impute with guilt or fault; blame; accuse.
• 1895, Eiríkr Magnússon, William Morris, The Saga library:... for they deemed that he was long-grudging, even in lesser matters than those wherein Kalf had done to beguilt him with the king.
• 1911, William Morris, May Morris, The Collected Works of William Morris:... and albeit Einar were old, yet he threw himself into this case, and beguilted the sons of Thorgrim to the full at the Thorsness-thing.

From begild.

Verb

1. Alternative form of begilt