belady
verbEtymology From be- + lady.
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To promote to the status of lady.
- We see those begraced and beladied in the Queen's name whom the Prophet doomed to be fried in the fire of the King of Babylon.1898, William O'Brien, A Queen of Men, page 19:
- So they beladied me I was red hot with shame. But yesterday They did disdain only to bend their eyes Upon so low a girl.1920, James F. Waight, Richard II, page 66:
1 more example
- Never was I beladied so before. Would evidence of having been called lady More than so many times make me a lady In common law, I wonder.1916, Rovert Frost, In the Home Stretch: