† namefyv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To mention by name.Apparently an isolated use.
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the mind > language > naming > give a name to [verb (transitive)] > mention by name
nemneOE
anemnOE
nameOE
nevena1400
nominate1570
bename1579
hight1579
namefy1589
personate1592
1589 J. Lyly Pappe with Hatchet sig. D Name me? Mary he and his shall bee namefied, that's it I thirst after, that name to name.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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v.1589- to give a person the jouk
- to give a person the long handle
- to give a person the looking on
- to give a person the lurch
- to give a person the meeting
- to give a person the mitten
- to give a person the oo
- to give a person the overthrow
- to give a person the parabien
- to give a person the parabien of
- to give a person the pip
- to give a person the push
- to give a person the revolt
- to give a person the road
- to give a person the rough edge of one's tongue
- to give a person the runaround
- to give a person the rush
- to give a person the sack
- to give a person the screaming habdabs
- to give a person the shits
- to give a person the shoot
- to give a person the sick
- to give a person the silent treatment
- to give a person the tomtits
- to give a person the verbal