An archaic or obsolete verb meaning to name or call something; to designate or denominate.
From Old English 'beniman,' combining 'be-' (prefix) with 'neman' (to name). Related to Middle English 'neme' meaning name, now completely archaic.
This wonderfully obsolete word shows how 'name' and 'neme' were once alive in English—by the time Shakespeare wrote, 'beneme' was already antique, replaced by simpler words like 'call' and 'name.'
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