becare
becare verb: to care about; care for; provide or administer care to; take care of.
Verb
becare (third-person singular simple present becares, present participle becaring, simple past and past participle becared)
- To care about; care for; provide or administer care to; take care of.
- Counselors becare you. They give you clothes and candy. Joan becares me, Marilyn loves me. My parents don't becare me, they're not counselors."1968, Bruno Bettelheim, Love is not enough
- Some little patients in the Sonia Shankman Orthogenic School, in comparing their counselors with their parents, stated that parents love, but counselors "becare."1971, Benjamin B. Wolman, Manual of child psychopathology
Forms of becare
| third-person singular present | becares |
|---|---|
| present participle | becaring |
| past participle | becared |
| past | becared |
Origin of becare
From Middle English bicaren. Equivalent to be- + care.
Questions about becare
- What does becare mean?
- Becare means to care about; care for; provide or administer care to; take care of.
- What part of speech is becare?
- Becare is a verb.
- What is the past tense of becare?
- The past tense of becare is becared.
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