becall

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To accuse. transitive
    — 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 6, p. 27, 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.
  2. To call upon; call forth; challenge. obsolete,transitive
  3. To call; summon. obsolete,transitive
  4. To call names; insult. transitive

词形变化

becalls present,singular,third-person becalling participle,present becalled participle,past becalled past

词源

From Middle English bicallen, bikallen, equivalent to be- + call.
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