Benim
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To take away; rob; deprive; ravish obsolete, transitive
"And on the right hand were two flowers like a lily, and the one would have benome the others whiteness, but a good man departed them that the one touched not the other; and then out of every flower came out many flowers, and fruit great plenty."
Example
More examples"And on the right hand were two flowers like a lily, and the one would have benome the others whiteness, but a good man departed them that the one touched not the other; and then out of every flower came out many flowers, and fruit great plenty."
Etymology
From Middle English benimen, from Old English beniman, from Proto-West Germanic *bineman, from Proto-Germanic *binemaną (“to take away”). Equivalent to be- (“off, away”) + nim. Compare German benehmen.
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