becall

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English bicallen, bikallen, equivalent to be- +‎ call. === Verb === becall (third-person singular simple present becalls, present participle becalling, simple past and past participle becalled) (transitive) To accuse. 1741, Conny Keyber (pseudonym; attributed to Henry Fielding), An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews, edited by Sheridan W. Baker, Jr., Berkeley: University of California Press, 1953, Letter 6, p. 27,[1] I no sooner see him, but I scream out to Mrs. Jervis, she feigns likewise but just to come to herself; we both begin, she to becall, and I to bescratch very liberally. (transitive, obsolete) To call upon; call forth; challenge. (transitive, obsolete) To call; summon. (transitive) To call names; insult. === Anagrams === Cabell