Meaning

(transitive, obsolete) To fold in the arms; embrace; clasp..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive, obsolete) To fold in the arms; embrace; clasp.
2. (transitive) To wrap around; enclose; encircle; surround.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To include; comprise; comprehend; contain.
4. (transitive, obsolete) To lay hold of; seize upon; grip; catch; overtake.
5. (transitive, obsolete) To curdle (milk).
6. (transitive) To clip around or about (the edges of); crop.

Example Sentences

At the coming of Jupiter many Tears were wept for joy, by Dame Cibel and Vesc. Cibel kist and beclipt oftentimes her Son;

Which thing was told to the king by the same Hulin, and anon the king had pity on the poor man, and disdained not, but took him on his shoulders and bare him, whom the cripple beclipped with his foul and scabby hands and arms, and so, n the bearing, his sinews loosed and were reached out.

After the kiss in the Mass, when the priest consecrates, there forget all the world and there be altogether out of the body; there in sparkling love beclip our beloved that into our breast's bower is alighted out of heaven, and hold him fast till he hath granted all that ever you will.

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Word Forms

• beclips
• beclipping
• beclipped

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