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bename

[ bih-neym ]

verb (used with object)

, Obsolete.
, be·named; be·named, be·nempt, or be·nempt·ed; be·nam·ing.
  1. to name; call by name.


bename

/ bɪˈneɪm /

verb

  1. an archaic word for name
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of bename1

before 1000; Middle English; be-, name; replacing Old English benemnan; akin to German benennen, Swedish benämna
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bename1

Old English benemnan ; see be- , name

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