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Definition of Bename
1. v. t. To promise; to name.
Definition of Bename
1. Verb. (obsolete transitive) To swear on oath; to solemnly declare; promise; give. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To name; give a name (to); mention by name; nominate; denominate; call. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To name; call; style; describe as. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bename
1. to name [v -NAMED, -NEMPT or -NEMPTED, -NAMING, -NAMES] - See also: name
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bename
Literary usage of Bename
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Oxford Historical Society, Bostonian Society (1894)
"... of the manors of bename, Stratton, and the Isle of Scilly: 9 Feb. 1389 Rob.
Tresilian was convicted in Parliament, the morrow of Purification anno 11 ..."
2. The Journal of English and Germanic Philology by Ill.) University of Illinois (Urbana (1919)
"... is, in like fashion, a coined past tense of Middle English bename to rhyme
with contempt; and the sense also seems somewhat forced. ..."
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