Bible Dictionaries
Be (2)

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

To intensify the meaning; as, bespatter, bestir.

(2):

A prefix, originally the same word as by;

(3):

To render an intransitive verb transitive; as, befall (to fall upon); bespeak (to speak for).

(4):

To make the action of a verb particular or definite; as, beget (to get as offspring); beset (to set around).