bename

[ bih-neym ]

verb (used with object),be·named; be·named, be·nempt, or be·nempt·ed; be·nam·ing.Obsolete.
  1. to name; call by name.

Origin of bename

1
before 1000; Middle English; see be-, name; replacing Old English benemnan; akin to German benennen,Swedish benämna

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British Dictionary definitions for bename

bename

/ (bɪˈneɪm) /


verb-names, -naming, -named, -named or -nempt
  1. an archaic word for name (def. 12)

Origin of bename

1
Old English benemnan; see be-, name

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