benempt

Also be·nempt·ed

[bih-nempt]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb

past participles of bename.

benempt

/ bɪˈnɛmpt /

verb

archaic, a past participle of bename

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His Delia was a Miss Dickson, daughter of a shopkeeper in the same village—his Gloriana a certain prudish old maiden lady, benempt Miss Goldie; I think I see her still, with her thin arms sheathed in scarlet gloves, and crossed like two lobsters in a fishmonger's stand.