belady en · VERB
Etymology
From be- + lady.
Meanings
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To promote to the status of lady.
Never was I beladied so before. Would evidence of having been called lady More than so many times make me a lady In common law, I wonder.
1916, Rovert Frost, In the Home Stretch:We see those begraced and beladied in the Queen's name whom the Prophet doomed to be fried in the fire of the King of Babylon.
1898, William O'Brien, A Queen of Men, page 19:So they beladied me I was red hot with shame. But yesterday They did disdain only to bend their eyes Upon so low a girl.
1920, James F. Waight, Richard II, page 66:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| beladied | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| beladied | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| beladies | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| beladying | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |