Pronunciations (2)
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/bɪˈkɹaɪ/
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/bəˈkɹaɪ/
Verb
To cry about; cry over; lament; bemourn.
Usage- Transitive
- Examples
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Wisdom, becried on either hand, will steer very nicely a middle course between these extremes; allowing here, forbidding there.
"The Sun becried its death" — it rained during that fiesta celebrated on 4 May [...]
More examples (2)
It is not in me to becry inequality in this scrying place I have often sought, yet never acknowledged If belief is futile and desire our burden, I shall find it hard to fly again.
“I look around, an' ev'rywhere my eye falls becries ye. Ye're ev'rywhere in this place.”
To accuse.
Usage- Transitive
- Synonyms
To bewitch.
Usage- Transitive