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bebay

verb

Etymology

From be- + bay (“to bend”), from Middle English beien, beȝen, from Old English bīeġan (“to bend, turn, turn back, incline, depress, abase, humiliate, subject, persuade, convert”), from Proto-Germanic *bi- + *baugijaną.

  1. inherited from *bi-✻
  2. inherited from bīeġan
  3. inherited from beien

Definitions

  1. To bay around or about

    To bay around or about; embay; hem in; surround.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA