Beguiled

Definition: Beguiled

Beguiled

Adjective

1. Filled with wonder and delight.

Date "beguiled" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Synonyms: Beguiled

Synonyms: captivated (adj), charmed (adj), delighted (adj), enthralled (adj), entranced (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Motive	Phrase: fax mentis incendium gloriae; "temptation hath a music for all ears" "to beguile many and be beguiled by one".
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Beguiled

English words defined with "beguiled": Salome. (references)

Etymologies containing "beguiled": Beguile. (references)

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	The Beguiled (1971)
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Domain	Title
Books	Beguiled (reference) Beguiled (Harlequin Historical, No 408) (reference) Beguiled (Second Chance at Love, No 168) (reference) Beguiled by the Wild: The Art of Charley Harper (reference) By Love Beguiled (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	The Beguiled (reference) The Clint Eastwood Collection (In the Line of Fire/Unforgiven/Bronco Billy/Dirty Harry/The Outlaw Josey Wales/The Beguiled) (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Beguiled (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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"Beguiled" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 78.38% of the time. "Beguiled" is used about 37 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (past participle)	78.38%	29	64,444
Lexical Verb (past tense)	21.62%	8	124,375
Total	100.00%	37	N/A

Expression using "beguiled": be beguiled. Additional references.
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Language		Translations for "beguiled"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		mashtrohem (be beguiled, be defrauded). (various references)

Arabic		‏مغشوش (cheated, deceived, duped, tricked). (various references)

Chinese		欺诈 (Beguile, Beguiling, cheat, Cheated, Cheating, Defraud, Defrauded, Defrauding). (various references)

German		täuschte (deceived, deluded, feinted, foxed, mystifies), getäuschte. (various references)

Hebrew		מפות�" (enticed, seduced). (various references)

Pig Latin		eguiledbay
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Date	Source	Genesis Chapter 3, Verse 13
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Kai eipen kurioV o qeoV th gunaiki ti touto epoihsaV kai eipen h gunh o ofiV hpathsen me kai efagon
Latin	405	Vulgate	Et dixit Dominus Deus ad mulierem quare hoc fecisti quae respondit serpens decepit me et comedi
Old English	990	West Saxon	God cwæð to ðam wife, "Hwi dydestu þæt?Heo cwæð, "Seo nædre bepæhte me ond ic ætt."
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And the Lord seide to the woman, Whi didst thow that? The which answeryde, The eddre bigilide me, and Y ete.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	And the LORde God sayd vnto the woman: wherfore didest thou so? And the woman answered the serpent deceaved me and I ate.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And the LORD God said to the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I ate.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And the Lord God said to the woman, What have you done? And the woman said, I was tricked by the deceit of the snake and I took it.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Genesis Chapter 3, Verse 13
Cebuano	Ug si Jehova nga Dios nag-ingon sa babaye: Unsa kining imong gibuhat? Ug nag-ingon ang babaye: Ang bitin naglimbong kanako, ug mikaon ako.
Croatian	Jahve, Bog, reèe ženi: "� to si to uèinila?" "Zmija me prevarila pa sam jela", odgovori žena.
Danish	Da sagde Gud HERREN til Kvinde: "Hvad har du gjort!" Kvinden svarede: "Slangen forførte mig, og så spiste jeg."
Dutch	En de HEERE God zeide tot de vrouw: Wat is dit, dat gij gedaan hebt? En de vrouw zeide: De slang heeft mij bedrogen, en ik heb gegeten.
Finnish	Niin Herra Jumala sanoi vaimolle: "Mitäs olet tehnyt?" Vaimo vastasi: "Käärme petti minut, ja minä söin".
French	Et l`Éternel Dieu dit � la femme: Pourquoi as-tu fait cela? La femme répondit: Le serpent m`a séduite, et j`en ai mangé.
German	Da sprach Gott der HERR zum Weibe: Warum hast du das getan? Das Weib sprach: Die Schlange betrog mich also, daß ich aß.
Haitian Creole	Seyè a, Bondye a, mande fanm lan. Poukisa ou fè sa? Fanm lan reponn li. Se pa mwen non! Se sèpan an wi ki pran tèt mwen ki fè m' manje l'.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	TUHAN Allah bertanya kepada perempuan itu, "Mengapa kaulakukan itu?" Jawabnya, "Saya ditipu ular, sehingga saya makan buah itu."
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Maka firman Tuhan Allah kepada perempuan itu: Apakah ini yang telah kauperbuat? Maka sahut perempuan itu: Si ular itu menipukan daku, lalu aku makan.
Italian	Il Signore Dio disse alla donna: «Che hai fatto?». Rispose la donna: «Il serpente mi ha ingannata e io ho mangiato».
Maori	Na ka mea a Ihowa, te Atua, ki te wahine, He aha tenei kua meatia nei e koe? Ka mea te wahine, Na te nakahi ahau i maminga, a kai ana ahau.
Norwegian	Da sa Gud Herren til kvinnen: Hvad er det du har gjort! Og kvinnen sa: Slangen dåret mig, og jeg åt.
Portuguese	Perguntou o Senhor Deus � mulher: Que é isto que fizeste? Respondeu a mulher: A serpente enganou-me, e eu comi.
Rumanian	Wi Domnul Dumnezeu a zis femeii: ,,Ce ai fqcut?`` Femeia a rqspuns: ,,Warpele m`a amqgit, wi am mkncat din pom.``
Swedish	Då sade HERREN Gud till kvinnan: "Vad är det du har gjort!" Kvinnan svarade: "Ormen bedrog mig, så att jag åt."
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Misspellings
	"Beguiled" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: begile, beguil, beguilded, begvile, bequile, bequiled, Betulia, bubucled. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "beguiled" (pronounced bigī"ld)
3	-ī" l d	child, compiled, filed, mild, piled, refiled, restyled, reviled, riled, smiled, styled, tiled, wild.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-d-e-e-g-i-l-u"
	-1 letter: beguile.
	-2 letters: belied, bilged, budgie, bugled, bulged, deluge, edible, guiled.
	-3 letters: bedel, beige, belie, bield, bilge, bleed, blued, budge, bugle, build, bulge, debug, edile, elide, elude, gelid, gibed, glebe, glede, gleed, glide, glued, guide, guild, guile, ledge, liege, lubed, luged.
	-4 letters: bedu, bide, bile, bled, blue, deil, dele, deli, diel, duel, edge, eide, geed.
	Words containing the letters "b-d-e-e-g-i-l-u"
	+3 letters: becudgeling.
	+4 letters: becudgelling, unbridgeable, undigestible.
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