To address, treat, or refer to a person (especially a woman) as a lady; to confer the status of a lady upon someone.
Combining 'be-' (to make or treat as) + 'lady' (from Old English hlæfdige, meaning bread-maker). The base word 'lady' originally referred to the female head of a household, and 'belady' means to treat someone with that status.
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