"becarve" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: becarves [present, singular, third-person], becarving [participle, present], becarved [past], becorve [archaic, past], becarved [participle, past], becorven [archaic, participle, past]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)v Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|bekerven}} Middle English bekerven, {{inh|en|ang|beċeorfan||to becarve, cut off, separate, cut or pare away, deprive a person of something by cutting, amputate, behead}} Old English beċeorfan (“to becarve, cut off, separate, cut or pare away, deprive a person of something by cutting, amputate, behead”), {{prefix|en|be|carve}} be- + carve, {{cog|ofs|bikerva||to amputate}} Old Frisian bikerva (“to amputate”) Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=becorve|past2_qual=archaic|past_ptc2=becorven|past_ptc2_qual=archaic}} becarve (third-person singular simple present becarves, present participle becarving, simple past becarved or (archaic) becorve, past participle becarved or (archaic) becorven)
  1. (transitive, obsolete) To cut off. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-becarve-en-verb-3RYRJe0b Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with be-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 30 34 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with be-: 51 25 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 35 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 30 30
  2. (transitive, obsolete, land) To cut up; cut open; open up. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-becarve-en-verb-7ugo7K4V Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 30 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 35 32
  3. (transitive) To cut; carve or cut up; cut in pieces; carve. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-becarve-en-verb-B9dYfp3l Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 30 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 35 32

Inflected forms

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