"bechat" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: bechats [present, singular, third-person], bechatting [participle, present], bechatted [participle, past], bechatted [past]
Etymology: From be- (“over, about, concerning”) + chat. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|be|chat|t1=over, about, concerning}} be- (“over, about, concerning”) + chat Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} bechat (third-person singular simple present bechats, present participle bechatting, simple past and past participle bechatted)
  1. (transitive) To chat over or about; discuss. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-bechat-en-verb-hgg4SiEx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with be- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with be-: 64 36
  2. (transitive, dialectal) To bewitch. Tags: dialectal, transitive
    Sense id: en-bechat-en-verb-iZGCDurB

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for bechat meaning in English (1.8kB)

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