"beknit" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: beknits [present, singular, third-person], beknitting [participle, present], beknit [participle, past], beknit [past], beknitted [participle, past], beknitted [past]
Etymology: From the Middle English *beknitten, from the Old English becnyttan (“to knit around; tie up; tie around; bind; surround”), equivalent to be- + knit. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*beknitten}} Middle English *beknitten, {{inh|en|ang|becnyttan|t=to knit around; tie up; tie around; bind; surround}} Old English becnyttan (“to knit around; tie up; tie around; bind; surround”), {{prefix|en|be|knit}} be- + knit Head templates: {{en-verb|beknits|beknitting|beknit|past2=beknitted}} beknit (third-person singular simple present beknits, present participle beknitting, simple past and past participle beknit or beknitted)
  1. (transitive) To knit. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-beknit-en-verb-xMHccgBL Categories (other): English terms prefixed with be- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with be-: 45 55
  2. (transitive) To girdle or encircle. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-beknit-en-verb-1whp1~lS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with be-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with be-: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 82

Inflected forms

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