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beknight
beknight v. 
/biˈnaɪt/
Brit. /bᵻˈnʌɪt/
, /bᵻˈnʌɪt/U.S. /bəˈnaɪt/
, /bəˈnaɪt//biˈnaɪt/ΘΠ
society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > raising to noble rank > ennoble [verb (transitive)] > invest with rank or title > dub (a knight)
dub1085
knighta1300
adub?1473
knightify1682
beknight1794
accolade1843
1794 J. Wolcot Instr. Celebr. Laureat in Wks. III. 422 Behold once-Quaker Benjamin be-knighted.
1808 W. Scott in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1839) I. 11 Many worshipful and be~knighted names.
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as lemmas
- to do the hard yards
- to do the heavy
- to do the honour
- to do the honours
- to do the inside or outside edge
- to do the job
- to do the job for
- to do the job for a person
- to do the knowledge
- to do the math
- to do the mercy
- to do the messages
- to do the nasty
- to do the naughty
- to do the necessary
- to do the needful
- to do the nobby
- to do the nose trick
- to do the other thing
- to do the outside edge
- to do the polite
- to do the right thing for the wrong reason
- to do the right thing for the wrong reasons
- to do the rosy
- to do the rough