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becry

verb
/bɪˈkɹaɪ/

Etymology

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

  1. inherited from becrien

Definitions

  1. To cry about

    To cry about; cry over; lament; bemourn.

    • Wisdom, becried on either hand, will steer very nicely a middle course between these extremes; allowing here, forbidding there.
    • "The Sun becried its death" — it rained during that fiesta celebrated on 4 May [...]
    • 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.

  2. To accuse.

  3. To bewitch.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA