Becry

//bɪˈkɹaɪ// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To cry about; cry over; lament; bemourn. transitive

    "Wisdom, becried on either hand, will steer very nicely a middle course between these extremes; allowing here, forbidding there."

  2. 2
    To accuse. transitive
  3. 3
    To bewitch. transitive

Example

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"Wisdom, becried on either hand, will steer very nicely a middle course between these extremes; allowing here, forbidding there."

Etymology

From Middle English becrien, equivalent to be- (“about, at, over, upon”) + cry.

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