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becalling

becalling is the present participle and gerund 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 becalling

What is becalling the present participle and gerund of?
Becalling is the present participle and gerund of becall.

Words near becalling in the dictionary

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

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