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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

beman en · VERB

Etymology

From Middle English bemannen, bimannen, bemonnen, equivalent to be- + man. Cognate with Middle High German bemannen.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To furnish or fill with men; man.
    • Now do so well as to fare to meet me at thine earliest, and as much bemanned as may be; and let us be both together whatever may happen. 1895, Eiríkr Magnússon, William Morris, The Saga library:

Forms

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bemans Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
bemanned Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
bemanned Tense=Past lexicographic
bemanning Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic