"bebay" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: bebays [present, singular, third-person], bebaying [participle, present], bebayed [participle, past], bebayed [past]
Rhymes: -eɪ 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. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|be|bay|t2=to bend}} be- + bay (“to bend”), {{inh|en|enm|beien}} Middle English beien, {{inh|en|ang|bīeġan||to bend, turn, turn back, incline, depress, abase, humiliate, subject, persuade, convert}} Old English bīeġan (“to bend, turn, turn back, incline, depress, abase, humiliate, subject, persuade, convert”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*bi-}} Proto-Germanic *bi- Head templates: {{en-verb}} bebay (third-person singular simple present bebays, present participle bebaying, simple past and past participle bebayed)
  1. (rare, transitive) To bay around or about; embay; hem in; surround. Tags: rare, transitive

Inflected forms

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