"befang" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "Middle English befon",
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      "expansion": "Old English befōn (“to surround, clasp, include, envelop, encase, clothe, comprehend, seize, attack (at law), lay hold of, catch, ensnare, contain, receive, conceive, explain”)",
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        "4": "to comprehend"
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English befon (past participle befangen), from Old English befōn (“to surround, clasp, include, envelop, encase, clothe, comprehend, seize, attack (at law), lay hold of, catch, ensnare, contain, receive, conceive, explain”), equivalent to be- + fang. Cognate with Dutch bevangen (“to seize”), Middle High German bevāhen (“to comprehend”).",
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      "form": "befangs",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "befanging",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    {
      "form": "befanged",
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      "form": "befanged",
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        {
          "text": "Come here an' I'll befang thee!"
        }
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        "To lay hold on; seize; grasp; catch; clutch."
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        "(transitive, UK dialectal, Yorkshire) To lay hold on; seize; grasp; catch; clutch."
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      "glosses": [
        "To take hold on; begin or commence upon."
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          "begin",
          "begin"
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          "commence",
          "commence"
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        "(intransitive, obsolete) To take hold on; begin or commence upon."
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      "glosses": [
        "To encompass; enclose; contain; comprehend."
      ],
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          "enclose",
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        "(transitive, obsolete) To encompass; enclose; contain; comprehend."
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      "ipa": "[bəˈfæŋ]"
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English befon (past participle befangen), from Old English befōn (“to surround, clasp, include, envelop, encase, clothe, comprehend, seize, attack (at law), lay hold of, catch, ensnare, contain, receive, conceive, explain”), equivalent to be- + fang. Cognate with Dutch bevangen (“to seize”), Middle High German bevāhen (“to comprehend”).",
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      "form": "befangs",
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        "present",
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    {
      "form": "befanging",
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      "form": "befanged",
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      "form": "befanged",
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        {
          "text": "Come here an' I'll befang thee!"
        }
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        "To lay hold on; seize; grasp; catch; clutch."
      ],
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          "grasp",
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        "(transitive, UK dialectal, Yorkshire) To lay hold on; seize; grasp; catch; clutch."
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        "To take hold on; begin or commence upon."
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        "(intransitive, obsolete) To take hold on; begin or commence upon."
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        "To encompass; enclose; contain; comprehend."
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        "(transitive, obsolete) To encompass; enclose; contain; comprehend."
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