Umbecast

//ˌʌmbəˈkæst// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To cast about; make a circuit; travel around (a place). dialectal, intransitive, obsolete, transitive
  2. 2
    To consider, ponder. dialectal, intransitive, obsolete, transitive
  3. 3
    To hunt, search for the spoor, explore, seek, sniff around.

    "[…]and the dog came after, and umbecast about, for she had lost the very perfect feute of the hind."

  4. 4
    To surround, encircle, beset; umbeset, circle around.
  5. 5
    To bind, tie up.
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  1. 6
    To cast a shadow, cover with a shadow, shade

Example

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"[…]and the dog came after, and umbecast about, for she had lost the very perfect feute of the hind."

Etymology

From Middle English umbecasten, equivalent to umbe- + cast or um- + becast.

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