verb
- present participle of bename; to name or call someone or something by a particular name
Usage: archaic or literary; chiefly used in older texts or poetic language
Examples
- The poet was benaming the stars with mythological titles.
- In medieval texts, benaming a child was a solemn ceremony.
- She spent hours benaming each character in her novel.
- The practice of benaming ships after saints was common in that era.