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Be- as a prefix goes back to Old English.

  • It has become ingrained in some verbs: begin, believe, become.
  • It can change an intransitive verb into a transitive one: bemoan, belie, besmirch.
  • It can also also turn nouns and adjectives into verbs: befriend, belittle, bejewel.
  • Finally, it is sometimes used on the fly: The bejacketed biker gang claimed the far corner of the pub.

The prefix 'be' means all over or all around something.
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