Beclose
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To shut up or in; enclose; enwrap. transitive
"It is our sensuality in which he is enclosed, and our kyndely [natural] substance is beclosed [beclosed, wrapped up] in Jesus Christ, with the blessed soul of Christ sitting in rest in the godhead."
- 2 To imprison. transitive
Example
More examples"It is our sensuality in which he is enclosed, and our kyndely [natural] substance is beclosed [beclosed, wrapped up] in Jesus Christ, with the blessed soul of Christ sitting in rest in the godhead."
Etymology
From Middle English beclosen, biclosen, alteration (due to Middle English closen) of earlier biclusen, from Old English beclȳsan (“to close, shut what is open, conclude, put an end to, shut up in a place, enclose, confine, imprison, shut out, exclude”), equivalent to be- + close. See also cluse.
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