be- meaning
EN
[bɪ] [bi] - Prefix
- (rare or no longer productive) By, near, next to, around, close to.
- beleaguer, bestand, beset, besit
- (rare or no longer productive) Around; about.
- begather, belay, belook, bestir, belive, besmell, bewrap
- (rare or no longer productive) About, regarding, concerning, over.
- bewrite, betalk, betell, bemoan, bemourn, bewail, beknow, besing, bespeak
- (rare or no longer productive) On, upon, at, to, in contact with something.
- beclothe, becall, besee, behold, befall, bedo, beshine, besmile, betone
- (rare or no longer productive) Off, away, over, across.
- becut, bedeal, betake, bego, behead, belimb, beland, benim, bereave, besleeve, betrunk
- (rare or no longer productive) As an intensifier; i.e. thoroughly, excessively; completely; utterly.
- bebreak, begladden, belabour, behate, bedazzle
- (rare or no longer productive) All around; about; abundantly; all over.
- belave, belick, bescatter, bekiss
- (rare or no longer productive) Forming verbs derived from nouns or adjectives, usually with the sense of "to make, become, or cause to be".
- becalm, bedark, befree, befriend, bedim, beken, benight, benothing, bewet, besmooth, bestrange
- (archaic or informal) Used to intensify adjectives meaning "adorned with something" often those with the suffix -ed.
- besequined, befeathered, beclawed, bewebbed, betasseled, beloved
- (rare or no longer productive) By, near, next to, around, close to.
Definition of be- in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Morphemes
- Prefixes
- Prefixes
- Morphemes
- en be-er
- en be-in
- en be-all
- en be-all and end-all
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "be-" is a morpheme, more specifically, a prefixe.