becry
verb/bɪˈkɹaɪ/ · /bəˈkɹaɪ/
Etymology From Middle English becrien, equivalent to be- (“about, at, over, upon”) + cry.
1
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.1909, Harrington Sainsbury, Drugs and the drug habit:
- "The Sun becried its death" — it rained during that fiesta celebrated on 4 May [...]1985, Américo Castro, Willard F. King, Selma Margaretten, The Spaniards: An Introduction to Their History:
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- 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.2003, John A. Smith, Little Fish Big Pond:
- “I look around, an' ev'rywhere my eye falls becries ye. Ye're ev'rywhere in this place.”2010, Renee Wildes, Lycan Tides:
2
To accuse.
3
To bewitch.