Meaning

4 senses
  1. (transitive)To accuse.

  2. (transitive)To call names; insult.

  3. (obsolete, transitive)To call upon; call forth; challenge.

  4. (obsolete, transitive)To call; summon.

Origin

From Middle English bicallen, bikallen, equivalent to be- + call.

From Middle English bicallen, bikallen, equivalent to be- + call.

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Forms

becalls, becalling, becalled, becalled
Base formbecall · to becall
3rd person singularbecalls
Present participlebecalling
Past simplebecalled
Past participlebecalled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybecall
he, she, itbecalls

Past simpleLesson

all personsbecalled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave becalled
he, she, ithas becalled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill becall

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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