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have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"

have life, be alive; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war"

form or compose; "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army"

occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?"

represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet"

to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form; "let her be"

be identical or equivalent to; "One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!"

be identical to; be someone or something; "The president of the company is John Smith"; "This is my house"

have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"

have life, be alive; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war"

be identical to; be someone or something, as in"The president of the company is John Smith"; "This is my house"

occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?"

represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet"

to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form; "let her be"

be identical or equivalent to; "One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!"

To take place; to happen; as, the meeting was on Thursday.

To signify; to represent or symbolize; to answer to.

A prefix, originally the same word as by;

To intensify the meaning; as, bespatter, bestir.

To render an intransitive verb transitive; as, befall (to fall upon); bespeak (to speak for).

To make the action of a verb particular or definite; as, beget (to get as offspring); beset (to set around).

To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have exstence.

To take place; to happen; as, the meeting was on Thursday.

To signify; to represent or symbolize; to answer to.

A prefix, originally the same word as by;

To intensify the meaning; as, bespatter, bestir.

To render an intransitive verb transitive; as, befall (to fall upon); bespeak (to speak for).

To make the action of a verb particular or definite; as, beget (to get as offspring); beset (to set around).

To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have exstence.

To exist in a certain manner or relation, - whether as a reality or as a product of thought.

To exist; have existence in fact, physical or mental; to include or involve as a result; produce; become; last; mean; to happen; to concern; to belong.

Was.

Being.

To live: to exist: to have a certain state or quality:-pr.p. being pa.p. been (bin).

To exist; to have any state or quality.

To exist; happen.

By; near; on; about. Beforms numerous compounds which are readily understood by combining the meaning of the prefix with that of the second element; as, benumb, betimes.

Saxon prefix to make, about, for, over, by, &c.

To exist; to have a real state or existence; to be fixed; to be made to be; to become; to remain. Let be, to omit, or let alone.

Infin. of the verb am, denoting to exist, to become, to remain; used in hypothetical and secondary propositions-as "If I be," "If thou be:".

A prefix, signifying to make. When be is prefixed to a noun, the noun becomes a verb-thus, calm and friend are nouns, but becalm and befriend are verbs: be prefixed to a verb signifies about, over, for-thus, speak and think become bespeak and bethink: be in a preposition, an adverb, or a conjunction, has the force of by or in-thus.