verb
- to give a name to; to name or call by a particular name
Usage: archaic or literary; past tense and past participle of 'bename'
Examples
- The child was benamed after her grandmother.
- He was benamed 'the Wise' for his counsel.
- The mountain, benamed by early explorers, still bears that title today.
- She benamed her cat Whiskers upon bringing it home.