beclip

Meaning

Verb

• To fold in the arms; embrace; clasp.
• To wrap around; enclose; encircle; surround.
• To include; comprise; comprehend; contain.
• To lay hold of; seize upon; grip; catch; overtake.
• To curdle (milk).
• To clip around or about (the edges of); crop.

Origin

• From Middle English beclippen, from Old English beclyppan, from Proto-Germanic *bi- + *klumpijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *glemb-, *glembʰ-, equivalent to . Compare also Middle English umbeclippen. See also umbeclip.
• From be- + clip.