beken

From Middle English bekennen, bikennen, equivalent to be- +‎ ken (“to perceive”). Cognate with Dutch bekennen (“to acknowledge, confess”), German bekennen (“to admit, confess”), Swedish bekänna (“to profess, confess”).

• IPA^(key): /bɪˈkɛn/, /bəˈkɛn/

beken (third-person singular simple present bekens, present participle bekenning, simple past and past participle bekenned or bekent)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To make known; reveal.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To deliver.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To commit or commend to the care of.
   • c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, II:

     Now I bikenne þe criste quod she · and his clene moder.

4. (transitive, chiefly Scotland) To commit.
5. (transitive, chiefly Scotland) To admit as possessor.
6. (transitive, chiefly Scotland) To acquaint; instruct.

• Benke, nebek

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• IPA^(key): /ˈbeːkə(n)/
• Rhymes: -eːkən

beken

1. Plural form of beek

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• IPA^(key): /bəˈkɛn/

beken

1. first-person singular present indicative of bekennen
2. imperative of bekennen

be- (“onto”) +‎ ken (“smear”)

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛkɛn]
• Hyphenation: be‧ken

beken

1. (transitive) to anoint, spread, smear (to distribute in an even layer), to apply/put on (a soft substance, cream, oil, paint, etc.)

   bekeni az arcát krémmel ― to apply cream on one's face

• bekenés

• bekyn, bekene, biken, beeken, bekne, beekne

From Old English bēacen, from Proto-Germanic *baukną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeːkən/, /ˈbɛːkən/

beken (plural bekenes)

1. A fire that signals an impending attack or danger.
2. (rare) The structure a beacon is placed on.
3. (rare) A lighthouse.
4. (rare) A flag (piece of cloth with distinctive patterning)

• bekenen

• English: beacon
• Scots: bekin, beikin

• “bẹ̄ken, bēken (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-25.