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becry en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /bɪˈkɹaɪ/
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /bəˈkɹaɪ/

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To cry about; cry over; lament; bemourn.
    • "The Sun becried its death" — it rained during that fiesta celebrated on 4 May [...] 1985, Américo Castro, Willard F. King, Selma Margaretten, The Spaniards: An Introduction to Their History:
    • Wisdom, becried on either hand, will steer very nicely a middle course between these extremes; allowing here, forbidding there. 1909, Harrington Sainsbury, Drugs and the drug habit:
    • It is not in me to becry inequality in this scrying place I have often sought, yet never acknowledged If belief is futile and desire our burden, I shall find it hard to fly again. 2003, John A. Smith, Little Fish Big Pond:
    • “I look around, an' ev'rywhere my eye falls becries ye. Ye're ev'rywhere in this place.” 2010, Renee Wildes, Lycan Tides:
  2. (transitive) To accuse.
  3. (transitive) To bewitch.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
becrying Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
becried Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
becried Tense=Past lexicographic
becries Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Synonyms

forspeak · sorrow · hex · grieve · grieve · mojo · becry · afterthink · enchant · wayment · elegize · deplore · repent · accriminate · have up · sorrow · bewail · ensorcell · appeach · arraign · jinx · glamour · accuse · beweep · lament · wail · beglammer · begrieve · spellbind · englamour · bespell · becry · becry · bemoan · bechat · enspell · spellcast · mourn · indict · bewail · pine · spell · bechat · bewitch · sigh · grieven · inculpate · condole · inculpate · charge · incriminate · tax · maleficiate · charge · conjure · mean · ensorcell · bemourn · criminate · bespell · accriminate · witch · keen