becarve en · VERB
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”).
Meanings
- (obsolete, transitive) To cut off.
- (obsolete, qualifier:land, transitive) To cut up; cut open; open up.
- (transitive) To cut; carve or cut up; cut in pieces; carve.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| becarves | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| becarved | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| becarved | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| becorve | Tense=Past | archaic | lexicographic |
| becorve | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | archaic | lexicographic |
| becarving | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| becorven | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | archaic | lexicographic |