beguide

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English

Etymology

From Middle English *begiden (attested only as Middle English begien, bygyen), equivalent to be- +‎ guide.

Verb

beguide (third-person singular simple present beguides, present participle beguiding, simple past and past participle beguided)

  1. (archaic) To guide, direct
    • 1908, original c. 1599, William Shakespeare, Appleton Morgan, Willis Vickery, Plays of Mr. William Shakespeare:
      Breathing like sanctified and pious bonds
      The better to beguide: this is for all, […]
    • 1618, Pierre de la Primaudaye, The French Academie:
      As good hope serveth to increase strength in a man, so rash hope oftentimes beguideth men.
    • 1885, Charles George Gordon, Alfred Egmont Hake, The Journals of Major-gen. C.G. Gordon, C.B., at Kartoum, page 447:
      From the servant of God Mahomet Osman Abou Gugliz to Gordon Pasha, the beloved by England, and the Khedive, may God beguide him to the true faith.
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