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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

becast en · VERB

Etymology

From Middle English bicasten, equivalent to be- + cast. Sense of plan, plot due to conflation with costen (“to contrive, try”). More at costen.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To cover or surround by casting (something) about.
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To cast about; plan; plot; contrive.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
becasts Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
becasting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
becast Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
becast Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

umbecast