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verb · transitive

beknave

beknave · beknaves · beknaved · beknaving

To treat as a knaveTo treat as a knave.

Meaning

2 senses

(rare, transitive)To treat as a knave.
(rare, transitive)To call (someone) a knave.

Origin

From be- + knave.

From be- + knave.

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Forms

beknaves, beknaving, beknaved, beknaved

Base form	beknave · to beknave
3rd person singular	beknaves
Present participle	beknaving
Past simple	beknaved
Past participle	beknaved

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	beknave
he, she, it	beknaves

Past simpleLesson

all persons

beknaved

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have beknaved
he, she, it	has beknaved

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will beknave

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

beingA2 bejesus belated belatedly belch

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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