benim

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benim

Rhymes with -ɪm

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From Middle English benimen, from Old English beniman, from Proto-West Germanic *bineman, from Proto-Germanic *binemaną (“to take away”). Equivalent to be- (“off, away”) + nim. Compare German benehmen.

verb benims · benimming · benam · benomen · benome · benumb

obsolete, transitive To take away; rob; deprive; ravish And on the right hand were two flowers like a lily, and the one would have benome the others whiteness, but a good man departed them that the one touched not the other; and then out of every flower came out many flowers, and fruit great plenty.

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@misc{benim_2026,
  title = {benim},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/benim},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}