† beˈneme, v. Obs.
Forms: 1 benǽman, -néman, 3–5 bineme(n, 4–6 byneme.
[OE. bi-, benǽman, on OTeut. type *binamjan, deriv. of binemen, pa. tense benam. The ME. beneme may however be merely a variant of benim, with which it coincides in use.]
trans. a. To deprive (with gen.). b. To deprive (a person) of (a thing), to take away (a thing) from (a person). c. To take away.
| c 893 K. ælfred Oros. i. x. §4 Ne mehte hie þæs londes benæman. c 1205 Lay. 13155 Þou..þat binemest vs houre broþer. c 1325 Coer de L. 1403. 1387 Trevisa Higden (1865) I. 73 Ȝif Paradys were so hiȝe, somtyme it schulde byneme þe liȝt, and make þe clips of þe mone. 1481 Reynard (1844) 144 Thenne shal ye byneme hym his syght. 1562 Foxe A. & M. I. 455/2 He bynemeth Christ his Worship. |