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becalled

becalled is the simple past and past participle of becall.

Meaning of becall

Verb

becall (third-person singular simple present becalls, present participle becalling, simple past and past participle becalled)

  1. (transitive) To accuse.
    • I no sooner see him, but I scream out to Mrs. Jervis, she feigns likewise but just to come to herself; we both begin, she to becall, and I to bescratch very liberally.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...
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To call upon; call forth; challenge.
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To call; summon.
  4. (transitive) To call names; insult.

Questions about becalled

What is becalled the simple past and past participle of?
Becalled is the simple past and past participle of becall.

Words near becalled in the dictionary

  1. becacked
  2. becacking
  3. becacks
  4. becak
  5. becall
  6. becalled
  7. becalling
  8. becalls
  9. becalm
  10. becalmed
  11. becalming

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