Where does bechide come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

bechide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bechide
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Meaning

verb

to chide or scold completely; reprimand thoroughly

Archaic; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Should I bechide "It's God's own way Permitting night to follow day?""
"Exeunting myself to those higher latitudes would, I felt, vault to the fore my more shining aspects, and soon enough (ran my hopes), the Easts, heartily discussing my prospects in some room of constant gleam, would decide, thereunto, to promote me, to the house, and instantly my suffering, which had gauged, gnarred, and vexed, bechiding with sooth my loftish sensitivities, would be converted, and, gladsome shouting amidway, I would obtain that life which, more tender […]"

Etymology

From Middle English bechiden, equivalent to be- (“on; about; all over”) + chide.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: be
Root: bechiden

Usage

Inflected Forms

bechides (present, singular) bechiding (participle, present) bechid (past) bechided (past) bechode (past) bechid (participle, past) bechided (participle, past) bechode (participle, past) bechidden (participle, past)

Rhymes With

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