behedge

Meaning

Verb

• To hedge about; surround with or as with a hedge.
• To determine the boundary or limit of; define.
• To surround; beset; plague; hinder.
• To straiten; restrict; constrain; limit.

Related

Similar words

• betine, border, enclose, hedge
• bound, define

Origin

• From Middle English *biheggen, *biheien, *beheȝen, from Old English behegian ("to hedge around"), equivalent to be- + hedge. Cognate with Dutch beheggen ("to put a hedge around, behedge").