benempt

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benempt - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Bename \Be*name"\, v. t. [p. p. Benamed, Benempt.]
     To promise; to name. [Obs.]
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  Benempt \Be*nempt"\, p. p. of Bename.
     1. Promised; vowed. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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     2. Named; styled. [Archaic] --Sir W. Scott.
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