Definition of "begone" [be•gone]

• Used chiefly in the imperative to express an order of dismissal. (verb)

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• "-- Our mutual perturbation did not escape the prying witch; my countenance red, hers pale -- The word begone! maddened to break loose from my impatient tongue."
• "I don't like to 'begone' -- I refuse to git when I'm told, so, of course, I paid my respects to Natalie and her mother."
• "“Think not I meant to implore permission to reside here; it has been long my determination to leave Avenel, and I will never forgive myself for having permitted you to say the word begone, ere I said, ‘I leave you.’"