"beclose" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: becloses [present, singular, third-person], beclosing [participle, present], beclosed [participle, past], beclosed [past]
Etymology: From Middle English beclosen, biclosen, alteration (due to Middle English closen) of earlier biclusen, from Old English beclȳsan (“to close, shut what is open, conclude, put an end to, shut up in a place, enclose, confine, imprison, shut out, exclude”), equivalent to be- + close. See also cluse. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|beclosen}} Middle English beclosen, {{cog|enm|closen}} Middle English closen, {{inh|en|ang|beclȳsan|t=to close, shut what is open, conclude, put an end to, shut up in a place, enclose, confine, imprison, shut out, exclude}} Old English beclȳsan (“to close, shut what is open, conclude, put an end to, shut up in a place, enclose, confine, imprison, shut out, exclude”), {{prefix|en|be|close}} be- + close Head templates: {{en-verb}} beclose (third-person singular simple present becloses, present participle beclosing, simple past and past participle beclosed)
  1. (transitive) To shut up or in; enclose; enwrap. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-beclose-en-verb-KonYDDTw Categories (other): English terms prefixed with be- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with be-: 55 45
  2. (transitive) To imprison. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-beclose-en-verb-BjEvYoLZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70

Inflected forms

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