Obs. rare. [f. BE- pref. 5, or perh. two words, BE v. + mene, MEAN, ‘intermediate, a mediator.’] intr. To mediate, intercede.
1459. Marg. Paston, in Lett. (1872), I. 438. He desyryd Alblaster to bemene to yow for hym.
a. 1520. Myrr. Our Ladye, 232. Pray for the people, by meane for the clerge.
