becompliment

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verb

To compliment.

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Meanings

verbbecompliment (third-person singular simple present becompliments, present participle becomplimenting, simple past and past participle becomplimented)

present singular third person becompliments · participle present becomplimenting · participle past becomplimented · past becomplimented

  1. archaictransitiveTo compliment.

    […] the chief magistrate of the little town now thought fit to becompliment me by the mission of two of his colleagues, who were also secretaries of the Museum, which they proposed to show me.

    1832, Hermann F. H. Pückler-Muskau (Fürst von.), Tour in England, Ireland and France in the years 1828 and 1829 (page 195)
    1 more example

    How many times have we heard the same persons say, "I never heard the Hallelujah Chorus go so well before!" If all other becomplimented country amateurs were blessed with simplicity as great and memories as retentive as Mr. GARDINER possesses […]

    1839, The Spectator, volume 12, page 161

Origin

be- + compliment

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“becompliment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/becompliment. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “becompliment,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/becompliment.

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