becall
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becall
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From Middle English bicallen, bikallen, equivalent to be- + call.
verb becalls · becalling · becalled
- To accuse. 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 call upon; call forth; challenge.
- To call; summon.
- To call names; insult.
