v. [f. BE- + DOG sb. and v.]
1. trans. To call ‘dog.’
1794. Wolcott (P. Pindar), Rowl. for Oliver, Wks. II. 260. Be-dogging this poor singer, that be-bitching.
2. To follow about like a dog, to dog.
1858. Trelawny, Rec. Shelley, Byron, etc. ii. (1878), 57. Envy, malice, and hatred bedogged his steps.
Hence Bedogged ppl. a., Become like a dog.
1672. Cotton, Scarron., II. (1692), 43. She had told her dear bedogged.
