Bechat
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 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 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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