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becarve

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
be-carve
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To cut off.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

verb

To cut up; cut open; open up.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

verb

To cut; carve or cut up; cut in pieces; carve.

Transitive verb

Etymology

From Middle English bekerven, bikeorven, from Old English beċeorfan (“to becarve, cut off, separate, cut or pare away, deprive a person of something by cutting, amputate, behead”), equivalent to be- + carve. Cognate with Old Frisian bikerva (“to amputate”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

becarves (present, singular) becarving (participle, present) becarved (past) becorve (archaic, past) becarved (participle, past) becorve (archaic, participle) becorven (archaic, participle)

Rhymes With

starve carve marv larve varve forcarve

Questions

What does becarve mean?
To cut off.
Where does becarve come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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