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bebay.

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

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

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

    rare · transitive
Where this word comes from

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.

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