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becarve.

To cut off.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. To cut off.

    obsolete · transitive
  2. To cut up; cut open; open up.

    obsolete · transitive
  3. To cut; carve or cut up; cut in pieces; carve.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English bekerven, bikeorven, from Old English beċeorfan (“to becarve, cut off, separate, cut or pare away, deprive a person of something by cutting, amputate, behead”), equivalent to be- + carve. Cognate with Old Frisian bikerva (“to amputate”).

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