v. tran. - to hold in high esteem (esp. when inappropriately)
I prefer the reflexive construction.
EG:
"There once was a man so beknighted that he never knew when he’d been slighted so he went to a party and ate just as hearty as if he’d been really invited"
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v. tran. - to hold in high esteem (esp. when inappropriately)
I prefer the reflexive construction.
EG:
"There once was a man so beknighted
that he never knew when he’d been slighted
so he went to a party
and ate just as hearty
as if he’d been really invited"
Retrieved from http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/534/beknighted/