becallv.
/bɪˈkɔːl/ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > accuse [verb (transitive)] > accuse of or charge with
tee871
upbraidc1000
acoupc1300
retc1300
becalla1325
charge138.
impeachc1380
putc1380
blamea1400
appeach1430
gredea1450
articlea1460
filea1500
slander1504
to lay to one's charge1535
aggravate1541
to charge (a person) with1559
reproach1570
attaint1586
impute1596
censure1634
arraign1672
saddle1794
inculpate1799
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2314 Ðis sonde hem ouertakeð raðe And bi-calleð of harme and scaðe.
c1440 Morte Arth. (1819) 48 Syr Mador loudeste spake The quene of treson to by-calle.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] > appeal to or invoke
halsec825
askOE
witnec1200
halsenc1290
calla1325
incalla1340
to speak to ——1362
interpel1382
inclepec1384
turnc1384
becallc1400
ethec1400
peala1425
movec1450
provoke1477
adjure1483
invoke1490
conjurea1500
sue1521
invocatea1530
obtest1548
obtestate1553
to throw oneself on (or upon)1592
obsecrate1598
charm1599
to cry on ——1609
behight1615
imprecate1643
impray1855
society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > fight (a battle, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > challenge to single combat or duel
appealc1400
becallc1400
bid1487
challenge1598
to call out1671
to take out1749
c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 912 Neuer-þe-lese cler I you by~calle If ȝe con se hyt to be done.
c1420 Anturs of Arth. xxxii Here I the be-calle, For to fynde me a freke to feȝte on my fille.
c1650 (a1500) Eger & Grime (Percy) (1933) 246 He becalled any cristen Knight, or any 5 that with him wold fight.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > summon
lathec900
hightOE
clepec1000
ofclepeOE
ofsendOE
warna1250
callc1300
summonc1300
incalla1340
upcallc1340
summonda1400
becallc1400
ofgredec1400
require1418
assummonc1450
accitec1475
provoke1477
convey1483
mand1483
whistle1486
vocatec1494
wishc1515
to call up1530
citea1533
convent1540
convocate1542
prorogate1543
accersit1548
whistle for1560
advocatea1575
citate1581
evocate1639
demand1650
to warn in1654
summons1694
invoke1697
to send for1744
to turn up1752
requisition1800
whip1857
c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 1162 When I schulde start in þe strem astraye, Out of þat caste I watz by-calt.
4. To call names, miscall.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > invective or abuse > abuse [verb (transitive)] > call names
miscallc1449
to call (a person) foulc1450
misname1528
to call (a person) names1638
becall1683
call1825
1683 Case Consc. Symbolizing w. Ch. Rome 12 The Devil..is conjured as before, and most wofully becalled.
1826 in W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 23 Sept. 799 Not to becall the King of Spain is looked upon as a proof of want of ‘liberality’.
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