† bicharrebicherrev.
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To turn, turn round. (Only in Old English).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > leading astray > [verb (transitive)]
forteeOE
fortihtOE
bicharrea1000
perverta1382
faitc1430
perversec1475
seduce1477
seduec1485
seduct1490
wry1563
a1000 Boeth. Metr. xiii. 156 Wonne hio ealles wyrð utan becerred.
2. To turn from duty or right; to pervert, seduce.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > degrade or impair morally [verb (transitive)] > pervert or deprave
bicharrea1100
crooka1340
subvertc1384
pervertc1425
traverse1438
overthwartc1450
perversec1475
deprave1482
crooken1552
preposterate1566
depravate1847
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > incorrect information > report or state wrongly [verb (transitive)] > lead into error, mislead
dwellc888
forlereOE
beleada1000
forleseOE
misteachOE
undergoc1000
mislearOE
misleadOE
bicharrea1100
bedwelec1205
overlead?c1225
misbihedec1300
miswendc1325
misguyc1375
miscounsel1389
misbeleadc1390
faitc1430
miswrest?a1475
misguide1480
scandalize1538
misadvise1548
misdraw1599
misdirect1603
traduce1613
to throw (also put) off the scenta1637
misswaya1640
undirect1647
mislight1648
widdlea1689
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > speech intended to deceive > beguile, cajole [verb (transitive)]
bicharrea1100
fodea1375
begoc1380
inveiglea1513
to hold in halsc1560
to get within ——1572
cajole1645
to cajole with1665
butter1725
veigle1745
flummer1764
to get round ——1780
to come round ——1784
to get around ——1803
flatter-blind1818
salve1825
to come about1829
round1854
canoodle1864
moody1934
fanny1938
cosy1939
mamaguy1939
snow1943
snow-job1962
a1100 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Cotton MS.) anno 1011 Ælfmær hí becyrde þe se arceb' Ælfeah ǽr generede æt his life.
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 105 Þeh þe deuel muȝe man bi-charre, he ne mai no man neden.
c1305 Old Age in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 149 Ic wene he be bi-charred þat trusteþ to ȝuþe.
3. To entice, wile.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > attract, allure, or entice [verb (transitive)] > subtly or deceptively
bicharrec1175
inveigle1549
stale1557
entrap1566
to link in1592
solicit1592
beguile1594
insinuate1594
cozen1599
milka1625
trick1707
veigle1745
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 53 Þurh þe sweate smel of þe chese he bicherreð monie mus to þe stoke.
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