Becarve

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To cut off. obsolete, transitive
  2. 2
    To cut up; cut open; open up. obsolete, transitive
  3. 3
    To cut; carve or cut up; cut in pieces; carve. transitive

Etymology

From Middle English bekerven, bikeorven, from Old English beċeorfan (“to becarve, cut off, separate, cut or pare away, deprive a person of something by cutting, amputate, behead”), equivalent to be- + carve. Cognate with Old Frisian bikerva (“to amputate”).

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