bename

From Middle English benamnen, benemnen, from Old English benemnan (“to name, stipulate, settle, declare, asseverate”), equivalent to be- +‎ name. Compare Saterland Frisian benaame, German benennen (“to name, designate”), Swedish benämna (“to name, call”), Dutch benoemen (“to appoint, nominate”).

bename (third-person singular simple present benames, present participle benaming, simple past benamed, past participle benamed or benempt)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To swear on oath; to solemnly declare; promise; give.
2. (transitive) To name; give a name (to); mention by name; nominate; denominate; call.
   • 1815, Edmund Burke, editor, The Annual Register:

     " […] the only British commander who, in the general estimation, could benamed as his rival in military fame; […] "

   • 1896, Lowell, Percival, Mars:

     Unfortunately, the planet has been quite too much benamed, — benamed, indeed, out of all recognition.

   • 1994, Sprung, Mervyn, After Truth: Explorations in Life Sense, SUNY Press, page 71:

     As though the benamed things carried the longings of humans;

   • 2006, Ascott, Roy, Engineering Nature: Art & Consciousness in the Post-Biological Era, Intellect Books:

     In other words, […] that 'names' do not 'form' benamed objects but are mere signifiers […]

3. (transitive) To name; call; style; describe as.

• (to swear on oath): vow
• (to give a name, call): designate, dub, name; see also Thesaurus:denominate
• (to describe as): refer to, term

• Beeman, Mebane, bemean

bename

1. (archaic) singular past subjunctive of benemen