becry
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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/bɪˈkɹaɪ/
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/bɪˈkɹaɪ/ · /bəˈkɹaɪ/
Definition of becry
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(transitive)To cry about; cry over; lament; bemourn.
“Wisdom, becried on either hand, will steer very nicely a middle course between these extremes; allowing here, forbidding there.”
“"The Sun becried its death" — it rained during that fiesta celebrated on 4 May [...]”
“It is not in me to becry inequality in this scrying place I have often sought, yet never acknowledged If belief is futile and desire our burden, I shall find it hard to fly again.”
““I look around, an' ev'rywhere my eye falls becries ye. Ye're ev'rywhere in this place.””
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verb
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(transitive)To cry about; cry over; lament; bemourn.
“Wisdom, becried on either hand, will steer very nicely a middle course between these extremes; allowing here, forbidding there.”
“"The Sun becried its death" — it rained during that fiesta celebrated on 4 May [...]”
“It is not in me to becry inequality in this scrying place I have often sought, yet never acknowledged If belief is futile and desire our burden, I shall find it hard to fly again.”
““I look around, an' ev'rywhere my eye falls becries ye. Ye're ev'rywhere in this place.””
- (transitive)To accuse.
- (transitive)To bewitch.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English becrien, equivalent to be- (“about, at, over, upon”) + cry.
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