Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to benim
Participle: benimmed
Gerund: benimming
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | benim |
| you | benim |
| he;she;it | benims |
| we | benim |
| you | benim |
| they | benim |
Perfect
| I | have benimmed |
| you | have benimmed |
| he;she;it | has benimmed |
| we | have benimmed |
| you | have benimmed |
| they | have benimmed |
Past
| I | benimmed |
| you | benimmed |
| he;she;it | benimmed |
| we | benimmed |
| you | benimmed |
| they | benimmed |
Pluperfect
| I | had benimmed |
| you | had benimmed |
| he;she;it | had benimmed |
| we | had benimmed |
| you | had benimmed |
| they | had benimmed |
Future
| I | will benim |
| you | will benim |
| he;she;it | will benim |
| we | will benim |
| you | will benim |
| they | will benim |
Future Perfect
| I | will have benimmed |
| you | will have benimmed |
| he;she;it | will have benimmed |
| we | will have benimmed |
| you | will have benimmed |
| they | will have benimmed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | benim |
| you | benim |
| he;she;it | benim |
| we | benim |
| you | benim |
| they | benim |
Perfect
| I | have benimmed |
| you | have benimmed |
| he;she;it | have benimmed |
| we | have benimmed |
| you | have benimmed |
| they | have benimmed |
Imperfect
| I | benimmed |
| you | benimmed |
| he;she;it | benimmed |
| we | benimmed |
| you | benimmed |
| they | benimmed |
Pluperfect
| I | had benimmed |
| you | had benimmed |
| he;she;it | had benimmed |
| we | had benimmed |
| you | had benimmed |
| they | had benimmed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would benim |
| you | would benim |
| he;she;it | would benim |
| we | would benim |
| you | would benim |
| they | would benim |
Perfect
| I | would have benimmed |
| you | would have benimmed |
| he;she;it | would have benimmed |
| we | would have benimmed |
| you | would have benimmed |
| they | would have benimmed |
Imperative
| you | benim |
| we | Let's benim |
| you | benim |
Verbs conjugated like 'benim'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'benim'
bedim,
beam,
bedip,
befie,
befilm,
befit,
begem,
begin,
begum,
bein,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English benimen, from Old English beniman, from Proto-West Germanic *bineman, from Proto-Germanic *binemaną (“to take away”). Equivalent to be- (“off, away”) + nim. Compare German benehmen. See: Old English '
beniman', Proto-Germanic '
*binemaną', German, old spelling '
benehmen'.
Verbs referencing "benim"
German, old spelling
benehmen.
Sample Sentences
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And on the right hand were two flowers like a lily, and the one would have benome the others whiteness, but a good man departed them that the one touched not the other; and then out of every flower came out many flowers, and fruit great plenty. [1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “viij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XVI:]
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Benombe of ones lymbes […]
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[…] He is now benomme of his lymmes. [1530, John Palsgrave, (Please provide the book title or journal name):]
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Alas ! it benimeth from man his wit and his reason, and all his debonaire life spiritual that should keep his soul. Certes it benimeth also God's due lordship (and that is man's soul) and the love of his neighbours : […] [1876, Henry Morley, “Illustrations of English religion”, in Chaucer:]
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To visit I should much prefer
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Some sick but wealthy usurer :
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With patience would I comfort him,
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In hope some deniers to benimme,
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And when pale death steals o'er his face,
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Transport him to the burial-place. [1900, Guillaume (de Lorris), Jean de Meun, Frederick Startridge Ellis, The Romance of the Rose - Volume 2]
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[…] by his name maketh clepe him and name him Rude Intendment hath made him an espier of ways and a waiter [waylayer] of pilgrims and will benim [rob] them their burdons and unscrip them of their scrips, beguiling them with lying words. [1963, William Matthews, Later medieval English prose:]