Becry
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /bɪˈkɹaɪ/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Becry is a verb meaning (transitive) To cry about; cry over; lament; bemourn.
Meaning
(transitive) To cry about; cry over; lament; bemourn.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To accuse.
- (transitive) To bewitch.
Example Sentences
"The Sun becried its death" — it rained during that fiesta celebrated on 4 May [...]
“I look around, an' ev'rywhere my eye falls becries ye. Ye're ev'rywhere in this place.”
Wisdom, becried on either hand, will steer very nicely a middle course between these extremes; allowing here, forbidding there.
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.
Word Forms
- becries
- becrying
- becried
Synonyms for becry
Depending on context, synonyms include bewail, grieve, sorrow, afterthink, begrieve, bemoan.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mourn, grieve, besorrow, sorrow, becrave, remourn.
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