verb
becry
Becry (verb) means to cry or grieve over something.
verb
1
To cry or grieve over something.
"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."
— John A. Smith, Little Fish Big Pond (2003)
"“I look around, an' ev'rywhere my eye falls becries ye. Ye're ev'rywhere in this place.”"
— Renee Wildes, Lycan Tides (2010)
"Wisdom, becried on either hand, will steer very nicely a middle course between these extremes; allowing here, forbidding there."
— Harrington Sainsbury, Drugs and the drug habit (1909)
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Etymology
Comes from Middle English becrien, equivalent to be- (“about, at, over, upon”) + cry.
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What is the meaning of becry?
"becry" (verb) means to cry or grieve over something.
What is another word for becry?
Other words for "becry" include bemoan, elegize, keen, deplore, condole, bewail.
