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belady

belady verb: to promote to the status of lady.

Verb

belady (third-person singular simple present beladies, present participle beladying, simple past and past participle beladied)

  1. To promote to the status of lady.
    • We see those begraced and beladied in the Queen's name whom the Prophet doomed to be fried in the fire of the King of Babylon.1898, William O'Brien, A Queen of Men, page 19
    • So they beladied me I was red hot with shame. But yesterday They did disdain only to bend their eyes Upon so low a girl.1920, James F. Waight, Richard II, page 66

Forms of belady

third-person singular presentbeladies
present participlebeladying
past participlebeladied
pastbeladied

Origin of belady

From be- + lady.

Questions about belady

What does belady mean?
Belady means to promote to the status of lady.
What part of speech is belady?
Belady is a verb.
What is the past tense of belady?
The past tense of belady is beladied.

Words near belady in the dictionary

  1. belachan
  2. belacing
  3. beladied
  4. beladies
  5. beladle
  6. belady
  7. beladying
  8. Belagavi
  9. belah
  10. belaid
  11. belain

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