"beclam" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: beclams [present, singular, third-person], beclamming [participle, present], beclammed [participle, past], beclammed [past]
Etymology: From Middle English *beclammen, from Old English beclæmman, beclemman, from Proto-West Germanic *biklammjan, equivalent to be- + clam. Cognate with West Frisian beklamme, beklamje, Dutch beklemmen, German Low German beklemmen, German beklemmen. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*beclammen}} Middle English *beclammen, {{inh|en|ang|beclæmman}} Old English beclæmman, {{m|ang|beclemman}} beclemman, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*biklammjan}} Proto-West Germanic *biklammjan, {{pre|en|be|clam}} be- + clam, {{cog|fy|beklamme}} West Frisian beklamme, {{m|fy|beklamje}} beklamje, {{cog|nl|beklemmen}} Dutch beklemmen, {{cog|nds-de|beklemmen}} German Low German beklemmen, {{cog|de|beklemmen}} German beklemmen Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} beclam (third-person singular simple present beclams, present participle beclamming, simple past and past participle beclammed)
  1. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To beclog with anything clammy or sticky. Tags: dialectal, transitive
    Sense id: en-beclam-en-verb-xYFjW1yD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with be-

Inflected forms

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