be-
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
be-/bɪ-/
▶prefix forming verbs.
- 1 all over; all round: bespatter.
■ thoroughly; excessively: bewilder.
- 2 (added to intransitive verbs and to adjectives and nouns) expressing transitive action: bemoan | befriend.
- 3 (added to nouns) affect with: befog.
■ (added to adjectives) cause to be: befoul.
- 4 (forming adjectives ending in -ed) having; covered with: bejewelled.
– origin OE, weak form of bī ‘by’.
'be-' also found in these Oxford entries:
abide
- -able
- aborning
- abort
- ABO system
- about
- above
- absent
- absit omen
- absolute
- absolute magnitude
- abut
- accept
- acceptable
- accessible
- accessory
- acclimatize
- accompany
- accord
- accredit
- accrue
- accustom
- achiral
- acid
- acquaint
- acrylic acid
- act
- actionable
- active list
- AD
- adamant
- adaptable
- addendum
- addressable
- adjoin
- adjudge
- admissible
- advantage
- advisable
- advised
- affiance
- affiliate
- affiliation order
- afford
- after
- age
- agenda
- agent provocateur
- agglutinate
- agnostic
