Meanings
present singular third person bechats · participle present bechatting · participle past bechatted · past bechatted
- transitiveTo chat over or about; discuss.
[...] whose impartial sobriety of opinion is only equalled by its sagacity and penetration, never deceived. And thus bechatting, of a sudden the stranger demands of me, if I had read, seen, or heard of the so-called Romance of "WHITE-FRIARS!"
1845, Emma Robinson, WhitehallSynonyms: bespeak, betalk, talk about, confer, bespeak, betalk, chat, discuss
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo chat over or about; discuss.
verbTo bewitch.
Origin
From be- (“over, about, concerning”) + chat.
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bechat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bechat
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