Bechat

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To chat over or about; discuss. transitive

    "[...] whose impartial sobriety of opinion is only equalled by its sagacity and penetration, never deceived. And thus bechatting, of a sudden the stranger demands of me, if I had read, seen, or heard of the so-called Romance of "WHITE-FRIARS!""

  2. 2
    To bewitch. dialectal, transitive

Example

More examples

"[...] whose impartial sobriety of opinion is only equalled by its sagacity and penetration, never deceived. And thus bechatting, of a sudden the stranger demands of me, if I had read, seen, or heard of the so-called Romance of "WHITE-FRIARS!""

Etymology

From be- (“over, about, concerning”) + chat.

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