verb (used with object), be·named; be·named, be·nempt or be·nempt·ed; be·nam·ing. Obsolete.
to name; call by name.
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| —vb , -names, -naming, -named, -named, -nempt | |
| an archaic word for name | |
| [Old English benemnan; see | |
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Bename
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