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Beclip

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To fold in the arms; embrace; clasp. obsolete, transitive

    "At the coming of Jupiter many Tears were wept for joy, by Dame Cibel and Vesc. Cibel kist and beclipt oftentimes her Son;"

  2. 2
    To clip around or about (the edges of); crop. transitive

    "beclip a photograph"

  3. 3
    To wrap around; enclose; encircle; surround. transitive
  4. 4
    To include; comprise; comprehend; contain. obsolete, transitive
  5. 5
    To lay hold of; seize upon; grip; catch; overtake. obsolete, transitive
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  1. 6
    To curdle (milk). obsolete, transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English beclippen, from Old English beclyppan (“to clip, clasp, embrace, enfold”), from Proto-Germanic *bi- (“be-”) + *klumpijaną (“to hold, clench”), from Proto-Indo-European *glemb-, *glembʰ- (“to hold, clench”), equivalent to be- + clip. Compare also Middle English umbeclippen (“to embrace”). See also umbeclip.

Etymology 2

From be- + clip.

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