Benamed vs Renamed - What's the difference?
benamed | renamed |
(bename)
(obsolete) To swear on oath; to solemnly declare; promise; give.
To name; give a name (to); mention by name; nominate; denominate; call.
:* "... the only British commander who, in the general estimation, could benamed as his rival in military fame; …'' — "The Annual Register" (edited by Edmund Burke), 1815
:* Unfortunately, the planet has been quite too much benamed''', — '''benamed , indeed, out of all recognition. — Percival Lowell, "Mars", 1896
:* As though the benamed things carried the longings of humans; — Mervyn Sprung, "After Truth: Explorations in Life Sense", SUNY Press, p71 1994
:* In other words, … that 'names' do not 'form' benamed objects but are mere signifiers … — Roy Ascott, "Engineering Nature: Art & Consciousness in the Post-Biological Era", Intellect Books, 2006
To name; call; style; describe as.