Meaning

1 senses

  1. (archaic)To assign a byname to.

Origin

From by- + name. Cognate with Dutch bijnaam (“nickname”), German Beiname (“nickname, epith

From by- + name. Cognate with Dutch bijnaam (“nickname”), German Beiname (“nickname, epithet”), Swedish binamn, Danish binavn and Norwegian Bokmål binavn.

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Forms

bynames, bynaming, bynamed, bynamed
Base formbyname · to byname
3rd person singularbynames
Present participlebynaming
Past simplebynamed
Past participlebynamed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybyname
he, she, itbynames

Past simpleLesson

all personsbynamed

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill byname

Synonyms

1 synonyms
to-name

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
byeA1bygonebypassC1bystanderbyte
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