US /bɪˈkraɪ/ UK /bɪˈkraɪ/
verb

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    to bewail or lament; to cry over (archaic)

    The widows gathered to becry the fallen soldiers.

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Synonyms
1 verb · to bewail or lament; to cry... bewaillamentmourndeplorebemoandecry
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Word family
Derived forms becried
Related forms crydecry

Etymology

From the intensive prefix be- + cry. Cry comes from Old French crier, from Vulgar Latin *critare, from Latin quiritare ('to wail, shriek').

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