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becalls

becalls is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 becalls

What is becalls the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Becalls is the third-person singular simple present indicative of becall.

Words near becalls in the dictionary

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

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