Home › Words › B › begazebegazebegaze means to gaze at.EtymologyFrom be- (“at, over, around”) + gaze.verbTo gaze at.e.g.“I had not leisure to see our friend Masclet, who is prefect there; I could only run along the rampart and begaze the site of Lord Nelson's misemployment.” — 1843, J. W. Robberds, A memoir of the life and writings of the late William Taylor of Norwich:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.agaze 83% match — Gazing. vs begaze →gazement 74% match — View, stare. vs begaze →agazed 73% match — Gazing with astonishment; amazed. vs begaze →bedaze 71% match — To cause to become dazed. vs begaze →overgaze 69% match — To gaze; to overlook. vs begaze →gazing 69% match — The act by which somebody gazes. vs begaze →agoggled 68% match — staring; having staring eyes. vs begaze →bemaze 68% match — To bewilder. vs begaze →