be-

prefix

• 1forming verbs:
• all over; all around:bespatter
• thoroughly; excessively:bewilder

• 2(added to intransitive verbs) expressing transitive action:bemoan

• 3(added to adjectives and nouns) expressing transitive action:befool befriend

• 4(added to nouns) affect with:befog
• (added to adjectives) cause to be:befoul

• 5(forming adjectives ending in -ed) having; covered with:bejeweled