becallEtymologyFrom Middle English bicallen, bikallen, equivalent to be- + call.becall means to accuse. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 90 out of 100.verbTo accuse.“1741, Conny Keyber (pseudonym; attributed to Henry Fielding), An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews, edited by Sheridan W. Baker, Jr., Berkeley: University of California Press, 1953, Letter 6, p. 27, I no sooner see him, but I scream out to Mrs. Jervis, she feigns likewise but just to come to herself; we both begin, she to becall, and I to bescratch very liberally.”To call upon; call forth; challenge.To call; summon.To call names; insult.