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beknave

beknave verb: to treat as a knave.

Verb

beknave (third-person singular simple present beknaves, present participle beknaving, simple past and past participle beknaved)

  1. (rare, transitive) To treat as a knave.
  2. (rare, transitive) To call (someone) a knave.

Forms of beknave

third-person singular presentbeknaves
present participlebeknaving
past participlebeknaved
pastbeknaved

Origin of beknave

From be- + knave.

Questions about beknave

What does beknave mean?
Beknave means to treat as a knave.
What part of speech is beknave?
Beknave is a verb.
What is the past tense of beknave?
The past tense of beknave is beknaved.

Words near beknave in the dictionary

  1. Bekkers
  2. bekko
  3. bekkos
  4. Bekmezian
  5. Bekmezians
  6. beknave
  7. beknaved
  8. beknaves
  9. beknaving
  10. beknew
  11. beknickered

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