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becall, v.|bɪˈkɔːl|
Also 3–5 bi-, by-, -cal, -kalle.
[f. be- 4, 2 + call v. There was app. no connexion between the early and modern uses.]
†1. trans. To accuse of. Obs.
c1250Gen. & Ex. 2314 Ðis sonde hem ouertakeð raðe, And bi-calleð of harme and scaðe. c1440Morte Arth. (1819) 48 Syr Mador loudeste spake The quene of treson to by-calle.
†2. To call upon, call forth, challenge. Obs.
c1325E.E. Allit. P. A 912 Neuer-þe-lese cler I you by⁓calle If ȝe con se hyt to be done. c1420Anturs of Arth. xxxii, Here I the be-calle, For to fynde me a freke to feȝte on my fille. a1500Eger & Grine 693 He becalled any cristen Knight, or any 5 that with him wold fight.
†3. To call, summon. Obs.
c1325E.E. Allit. P. A. 1162 When I schulde start in þe strem astraye, Out of þat caste I watz by-calt.
4. To call names, miscall.
1683Case Consc. Symbolizing w. Ch. Rome 12 The Devil..is conjured as before, and most wofully becalled. 1825Cobbett Rur. Rides 407 Not to becall the King of Spain is looked upon as a proof of want of ‘liberality.’ |