beplague

== English == === Etymology === From be- +‎ plague. First attested in 1734 (see quotations). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɪˈpleɪɡ/ Rhymes: -eɪɡ === Verb === beplague (third-person singular simple present beplagues, present participle beplaguing, simple past and past participle beplagued) (archaic, transitive) To plague. [from early-18th c.] === Further reading === “beplague, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.