v. Obs. Forms: 1 benǽman, -néman, 3–5 bineme(n, 4–6 byneme. [OE. bi-, benǽman, on OTeut. type *binamjan, deriv. of binemen, pa. t. benam. The ME. beneme may however be merely a variant of BENIM, with which it coincides in use.] trans. a. To deprive (with gen.). b. To deprive (a person) of (a thing), to take away (a thing) from (a person). c. To take away.
c. 893. K. Ælfred, Oros., I. x. § 4. Ne mehte hie þæs londes benæman.
c. 1205. Lay., 13155. Þou … þat binemest vs houre broþer.
c. 1325. Coer de L., 1404.
1387. Trevisa, Higden (1865), I. 73. Ȝif Paradys were so hiȝe, somtymne it schulde byneme þe liȝt, and make þe clips of þe mone.
1481. Reynard (1844), 144. Thenne shal ye byneme hym his syght.
1562. Foxe, A. & M., I. 455/2. He bynemeth Christ his Worship.
