v. [f. BE- 5 + LORD sb.]
1. trans. To call ‘lord,’ address as ‘my lord.’
1586. J. Hooker, Girald. Irel., in Holinsh., II. 86/2. You are begraced and belorded, and crouched and kneeled unto.
1883. Sala, in Illustr. Lond. News, 7 July. An American never fails to belord Francis of Verulam.
2. To act the lord over.
