Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

becall

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: be-call
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Transitive verb

verb

To call upon; call forth; challenge.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

verb

To call; summon.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

verb

To call names; insult.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"1741, Conny Keyber (pseudonym; attributed to Henry Fielding), An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews, edited by Sheridan W. Baker, Jr., Berkeley: University of California Press, 1953, Letter 6, p. 27, I no sooner see him, but I scream out to Mrs. Jervis, she feigns likewise but just to come to herself; we both begin, she to becall, and I to bescratch very liberally."
"You must not becall me for laughing when you spoke; you mistook when you thought I laughed at you as a foolish man."

Etymology

From Middle English bicallen, bikallen, equivalent to be- + call.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: be
Root: bicallen

Usage

Inflected Forms

becalls (present, singular) becalling (participle, present) becalled (participle, past) becalled (past)

Questions

What does becall mean?: To accuse.
Where does becall come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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