US /bɪˈneɪm/ UK /bɪˈneɪm/
verb

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    to name or call by a name (archaic)

    They benamed the foundling after the saint of that day.

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Synonyms
1 verb · to name or call by a name... namecalldesignateentitledubstyle
Word family
Related forms name

Etymology

From Old English benemnan ('to name, declare'), from be- + nemnan ('to name').

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