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becharms

becharms is the third-person singular simple present indicative of becharm.

Meaning of becharm

Verb

becharm (third-person singular simple present becharms, present participle becharming, simple past and past participle becharmed)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To charm; fascinate; hold by a charm or spell.
    • Ahab knew that the whale had sounded; but intending to be near him at the next rising, he held on his way a little sideways from the vessel; the becharmed crew maintaining the profoundest silence, as the head-bent waves hammered and hammered against the opposing bow.1851, Herman Melville, chapter 135, in Moby-Dick

Questions about becharms

What is becharms the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Becharms is the third-person singular simple present indicative of becharm.

Words near becharms in the dictionary

  1. becharita
  2. becharitas
  3. becharm
  4. becharmed
  5. becharming
  6. becharms
  7. bechat
  8. bechatting
  9. Bechdel
  10. Bechdel Test
  11. Bechdel-Wallace test

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Adapted from Wiktionary: becharms (page history and authors); becharm (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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